Infrastructure

As Rhode Island lawmakers continue to debate Sakonnet River Bridge tolling, a state agency chief has threatened to return the bridge to the state if an impasse lingers.

Reliable, multi-year investments in the Northeast Corridor's 100-year-old rail infrastructure are needed to prevent massive system failures, warns Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman.

The Kentucky House passed a bill that would ban the use of tolls for the $3.5 billion Brent Spence Bridge project being planned by Kentucky and Ohio, while moving ahead with P3 projects elsewhere in the state.

Plans for major terminal overhauls are afoot for airports at Kansas City and Des Moines where officials are promoting the need to modernize the air fields to meet current and future aviation demands.

Virginia DOT has stopped work on a $1.4 billion toll road until it obtains final federal environmental clearance.

A proposed 47-mile toll road linking Indiana and Illinois is eligible for a federal TIFIA loan that could reduce construction costs by up to 20%, officials said.

Record ridership is just one of several credit positives for public transit agencies, Moody’s Investors Service said Monday.

Michigan lawmakers passed a $330 million mid-year 2014 budget supplemental bill last week that features more road money for local governments hit hard by the harsh winter.

New York MTA's Metro-North Railroad overemphasized on-time performance at the expense of rider safety, according to a blistering report by the Federal Railroad Administration.

Wisconsin plans to come to market as soon as March 20 with nearly $400 million of new money and refunding transportation revenue bonds.