Infrastructure

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Mississippi Department of Transportation has once again delayed the receipt of proposals for its first public-private partnership toll road project.

Texas Department of Transportation officials said last week the state will spend a record $5.9 billion on road projects in fiscal 2010, followed by another $5 billion in fiscal 2011.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will use federal stimulus funds to replace 63 of the 6,773 obsolete bridges in the state. Another 53 structures will be renovated with the funding.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority today will launch the sale of as much as $853 million of bonds - including about $360 million of taxable Build America Bonds - to fund construction of a new Metrorail line that will connect riders with the Dulles International Airport.

WASHINGTON - President Obama is expected to soon sign a bill to provide the federal highway trust fund with $7 billion of extra cash, which would keep money flowing to states for transportation projects while lawmakers settle their dispute over an 18-month extension to the current law that expires Sept. 30.

DALLAS — Two large deals that include Build America Bonds are coming to market this week in Texas.

The New York State Thruway Authority has failed to fully implement debt issuance recommendations made by the state comptroller's office four years ago, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said on Friday.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Transportation Committee’s highways and transit panel, introduced a bill this week that he said would pay for a $450 billion to $500 billion, multi-year transportation bill to replace the current law, which expires Sept. 30.

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski this week signed legislation that raises $300 million a year for spending on public transit, rails, ports, airports, roads and bridges.

The struggling state of the California economy remains evident in a report released this week on new vehicle sales.