Infrastructure

Kentucky plans to price $747 million on Dec. 10-11 to finance the major portion of the "Downtown Crossing" of the Ohio River Bridges Project.

The MTA, after the deadly Metro-North Railroad derailment, said it intends to fully fund and implement train-control technology, but doing so by 2015 would be hard.

New safety concerns led the North Carolina Department of Transportation to close the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet on Dec. 3.

The Southern California Logistics Airport Authority of Victorville, Calif. defaulted for the fifth time on bonds issued to redevelop the airport from military to civilian use.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., will introduce a bill phasing in a 15 cent increase in the federal gasoline tax, currently at 18.4 cents per gallon.

Boston's MBTA will launch late-night service in the spring, said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who found $20 million from state funding and corporate pledges.

The Missouri Association for Social Welfare last week filed a lawsuit contesting the summary language of a proposed ballot measure seeking approval for a one cent sale tax increase to fund transportation-related projects.

Georgia made the final bond payment of $25.6 million to Wells Fargo on Dec. 1 ending the tolls on the Georgia 400.

A House committee chairman made clear at a hearing on Monday that it may take Congress years to determine whether to amend a nearly 100-year-old law to allow the District of Columbia to raise the heights of some buildings to accommodate increased growth and obtain more tax revenue.

Pennsylvania's new transportation funding law is a credit positive for the state and several authorities, Moody's Investors Service said.