Infrastructure

During an industry briefing Tuesday, SIFMA's Kenneth Bentsen, Jr., said no matter who leads the SEC next, SIFMA will argue for an end to a temporary exemptive order.

MDOT will pay $250 million in the settlement, but answers to financial questions, including whether more bonding will be needed, have not been revealed.

Though President-elect Joe Biden has not provided specifics on the financing of his infrastructure agenda, sources say he will take an "all of the above" approach.

Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, who is expected to become chairman under a Republican Senate, has been receptive to increasing the limit on bank qualified debt.

Selling in a week with an expected light calendar should help the deal as will market fundamentals.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell said President-elect Biden will move on a pandemic relief bill early in his presidency and a robust infrastructure package would soon follow. Others see scaled-down aid and an upward partisan battle.

AASHTO elected only the second woman to serve as its president, and its first Black vice-president in its 106-year old history.

Infrastructure investment is likely going to be an early priority for Biden.

There is a pervasive belief that Joe Biden is likely to be more effective reaching across the aisle than Donald Trump.

After two failed efforts to bring light rail to one of Texas’ most congested cities, voters approved the Project Connect measure.

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion is a "tailor-made" stimulus that will help offset the pandemic-spurred downturn, infrastructure experts say.

Their wins brighten the future of municipal bond-friendly initiatives in Congress.

As more people work from home, people could be more focused on building out broadband infrastructure.

In an all new money deal, North Carolina plans to issue debt for its Build NC statewide transportation financing program.

Squire Patton Boggs partners Rodney Slater and Alethia Nancoo view the landscape from the ground and the skies with Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton. Slater is a former U.S. transportation secretary. Nancoo’s practice focuses on public, private and project debt finance. (31 minutes)

A long-planned Maryland light rail system, which has encountered financial and legal obstacles, could make it tougher for large-scale P3 transit projects, according to analysts.

Nuveen’s John Miller, the biggest backer of Fortress Investment Group Inc.’s Brightline passenger railroad in Florida, had been skeptical of plans to forge ahead swiftly with a multi-billion dollar venture to build a second line running between Southern California and Las Vegas.

The plan was long held up by GOP opposition to the governor's use of emergency powers to combat the spread of COVID-19 without legislative approval.

As of Sept. 15, at least 49 states, transportation authorities and local governments have publicly projected declining revenues.

Declining occupancy levels at privatized student housing projects are likely to continue into early 2021 as the sector confronts headwind from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysts.