Infrastructure

The Federal Transit Authority has made available $3 billion of competitive grants aimed at upgrading the storm resilience of public transit infrastructure.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association plans to price the final $82 million of a multi-year series totaling $857 million in grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds on Jan. 14, amid concern that the Highway Trust Fund that provides subsidies might be unsustainable.

Cincinnati re-launched construction Thursday on a $133 million, partly bond-funded streetcar line a week after the city council unexpectedly voted to revive the controversial project after a pledge of private support.

Transportation infrastructure funding is at a crossroad in 2014, as lawmakers confront the necessity of finding ways to bolster the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund while supporting efforts to ensure the nation's airports and ports maintain a global economic edge.

A Puerto Rico authority announced advisors for four projects under evaluation as priority P3 projects.

The Texas Department of Transportation is preparing to open a 15-mile section of the Grand Parkway toll road around metropolitan Houston.

While a nearly year-long dispute over the management of Charlotte Douglas International Airport continues former long-time director, Jerry Orr, plans to retire.

Maryland Transportation Authority will generate less than $10 million a year in toll revenue from express lanes on a $1.1 billion highway improvement project.

Phil Wilson, executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation and former aide to Gov. Rick Perry, will become general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority Feb. 1.

The Virginia Department of Transportation sought bids on more than $2.5 billion of transportation projects — more than the promised $2 billion - this year, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday.