Infrastructure

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Kentucky Legislature Monday begins a special session called by Gov. Steve Beshear after legislators failed to pass a transportation budget last week.

The New York Energy Highway Task Force, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to implement the energy highway initiative, issued a request for information on April 11.

The country's largest mass transit system will go to market with $600 million of transportation revenue bonds on Tuesday, with retail pricing on Monday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $422 million TIFIA loan for construction of a new midtown tunnel and rehabilitation of existing tunnels in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

Pennsylvania's Senate will consider legislation enabling public-private partnerships for bridges and roads when it reconvenes April 30.

WASHINGTON — A recently released Fitch Ratings report projects a sharp increase in the use of "managed" or HOT lanes on highways, but warns that such toll lanes will be more volatile than traditional toll roads because they are located next to non-toll roads.

After years of stops and starts on a $5.3 billion elevated rail system first conceived 45 years ago, the 20-mile Honolulu transit project appears to be rolling along.

The Alaska Senate passed a a $2.6 billion capital budget Wednesday that includes $450 million of bonds.

BRADENTON, Fla. — As Atlanta plans to open its new $1.4 billion international terminal next month, the city is moving forward with other projects at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Two of Texas' most congested cities — Houston and Austin — are moving forward with managed toll lane projects after identifying sources of funding from the Texas Department of Transportation.