Infrastructure

The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority have set Aug. 8 as the due date for responses to a request for qualifications for a privatization of Luis Munoz Marín International Airport in San Juan.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority priced $400 million of revenue bonds in a transaction led by book-running senior manager Bank of America Merrill Lynch and co-senior Loop Capital Markets.

CHICAGO - With its seven-year-old $6 billion capital program nearing completion, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on Thursday unveiled a follow-up $12 billion, 15-year plan that relies on a toll increase to help repay an estimated $4.8 billion of new borrowing.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Wyden has introduced a bill to create tax-credit bonds for transportation projects, hoping the program will navigate the political and economic realities that have challenged previous attempts at federal financing tools for state and local governments.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has hired a new head. Edward Reiskin will lead the agency after serving in the top spot at the city’s Department of Public Works.

WASHINGTON - Some airport bond ratings could be hurt by the congressional stalemate over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, according to credit rating analysts.

The rising debt of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is "an absolute ticking time bomb," its finance committee chairman said Wednesday.

DALLAS - Toll road debt rated by Moody's Investors Service rose 19.2% in 2010, prompting a negative outlook on the sector, analysts said in a special report.

Travis County voters would decide Nov. 8 on a $205.6 million general obligation bond program for roads and park projects if commissioners accept the recommendations presented last week by a citizens committee.

Jay Walder on Thursday announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, effective Oct. 21.