Infrastructure

The Maryland Transit Administration plans to seek bids soon for a private partner willing to provide up to $900 million of funding for a $2.2 billion light-rail line in the northern suburbs of Washington following Gov. Martin O'Malley's and the state Board of Public Works' unanimous approval of the P3 competitive solicitation process.

Recent Bay Area Rapid Transit strikes highlighted credit risks for local governments in that region, according to Fitch Ratings.

Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., have appointed six senators to join them on the conference committee that will reconcile two versions of water legislation, one of which contains a public-private partnership pilot program.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority plans to borrow $900 million of new money next year to help support its 15-year, $12 billion capital program.

With funds in the federal Highway Trust Fund dwindling, Oklahoma is slowing highway construction amid continuing uncertainty.

A North Carolina judge has bounced the governance dispute over Charlotte Douglas International Airport back to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport provides a $31.6 billion economic impact to the metropolitan area, according to the University of North Texas Center of Economic Development and Research.

Virginia's new $1.4 billion per year transportation infrastructure plan has become a point of contention between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor.

The federal government approved a $1.6 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan for the New York Thruway Authority’s new Tappan Zee Bridge.

The Virginia Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that allows the Elizabeth River Tunnels project to move forward as a tolled facility.