Infrastructure

A new report lays out motor fuel, sales, and miles-traveled tax options to fix Michigan roads, saying the state is falling almost $4 billion behind every year.

The legislation, which passed the House last week, comes as the state nears a key 2026 decarbonization deadline.

The transportation revenue bond sale comes as legislative work on a new budget package is ramping up with the GOP expected to craft its own operating and capital spending plans.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit inspector general departed early saying the board obstructed her work.

The Uinta Basin railway is asking the DOT to authorize up to $2 billion of PABs for the project, which would move oil to market from northeast Utah.

The Australian toll road operator couldn't agree on terms with the state for the first phase of the project, which has been dogged by controversy and delays from the start.

On the policy front, the budget would allow large urban transit agencies to use federal capital grants for operating costs and gives states more private activity bond volume flexibility for housing.

After a brisk 2021 that saw a record number of P3 deals reach financial close, last year slowed to only 16 closings, according to Husch Blackwell's sixth annual P3 trends report.

More than half of the 163 bills introduced in state legislatures across the country propose one-time funding for transportation projects using bonds, excess COVID relief or budget surpluses.

The legislation would allow the New Mexico Finance Authority to issue revenue bonds for transportation and broadband projects.