Infrastructure

Bonds approved by voters in 2012 are expected to help El Paso County close a $17 million gap in funding for a highway link to a new international bridge.

Atlanta plans to refund $705.5 million of bonds originally sold to finance improvements at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Maryland can proceed with the selection of a private partner to design, build, and operate the $2.4 billion Purple Line commuter rail project via a public-private partnership after federal approval last week of the environmental impact statement.

Support for 'Gridlock Sam' Schwartz's latest plan to ease New York congestion and toll inequity ranged from a motor truck association to the Straphangers Campaign.

The Regional Transportation of Illinois is expanding its pursuit of companies and towns involved in the practice of setting up alleged sham offices in small towns to avoid higher sales taxes in Cook County.

The Federal TIFIA loan program provides lower cost capital for toll roads, but can increase bondholder risk, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

The Harlem building collapse has added a big exclamation point to talk about the need for New York to address its aging infrastructure.

Aviation groups difference over a proposal to fund airport infrastructure projects with higher passenger facility charges.

The scandal over a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge not only damaged Gov. Chris Christie's presidential prospects, it spotlighted the politicization of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a major municipal bond issuer.

Wisconsin received the AAA rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency on its transportation revenue bond credit ahead of a nearly $400 million sale slated for Thursday. The other agencies rate the bonds in the mid- to high double-A category.