Infrastructure

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told municipal leaders meeting in Washington Friday that he would help protect the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., has reintroduced two bills aimed at giving Virginia control of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and strengthening government oversight of the scandal-wracked issuer.

Following a contentious battle, the Orange County Transportation Authority appointed Darrell Johnson as successor chief executive officer to the billion-dollar public agency.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder urged lawmakers to pass legislation to boost gas taxes and vehicle fees to raise at least $1.2 billion of new annual revenue for transportation infrastructure.

The executive director of AASHTO, John Horsley, is going out with a bang, spending the final weeks before his planned retirement pushing Congress to make authorize $50 billion of tax-credit bonds and to change fuel tax policy.

The House late Tuesday approved more than $50 billion of aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and other states.

The Austin City Council is expected to approve up to $150 million of taxable revenue bonds Thursday to build a new consolidated car rental facility and parking garage at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois board approved its $3.7 billion 2013 budget on Wednesday after resolving a standoff with one of its service boards over its plans to borrow $1 billion over the next five years.

Bond-related bills pending in the Virginia House of Delegates would limit toll increases on the Dulles Toll Road and authorize the commonwealth, through authorities, to purchase and control the privately-owned Dulles Greenway.

Louisiana will upgrade more than 1,000 miles of state rural roads in 63 parishes with next week’s sale of $249.2 million of highway improvement bonds.