Infrastructure

More than four decades after Southwest Airlines landed at Love Field, the Dallas airport is finally unshackled from the Wright Amendment that minimized its rivalry with Dallas-Fort Worth International.

Half the states are trying to minimize the impact of climate change on public infrastructure but others are far behind, the Georgetown Climate Center said.

The transit agency that provides commuter rail in the Chicago region could soon join the ranks of tax-exempt borrowers under a proposed $2.4 billion, 10-year capital program that relies on about $400 million of financing.

Raising the state gas tax and tolling East River and other bridges could help New York's MTA fill a gap of at least $15.2 billion, said former chairman Richard Ravitch.

More than four decades after Southwest Airlines landed at Love Field, the Dallas airport is finally unshackled from the Wright Amendment that minimized its rivalry with Dallas-Fort Worth International.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration says its plan to build a $1.5 billion privately financed toll road in partnership with Indiana remains on track with the endorsement of a key Chicago area planning committee.

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants action in the House on her proposals to revive the chronically insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

Public infrastructure agencies need to aware of the long-term credit risks before issuing 100-year bonds, Moody's warns in new report.

Georgia officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday signed the paperwork enabling the state to use bond proceeds to begin long-awaited work on the $706 million Port of Savannah harbor expansion.

Transportation should see slow but steady growth through the remainder of 2014, Fitch said in a new sector outlook released Thursday.