Infrastructure

A new academic building for the University of Michigan is to rise on the property where construction of a bond-funded jail was abandoned.

An agreement forged by New Jersey Transit for a new county and state-funded North Brunswick train station may signal a new partnership model for the agency.

No matter who wins the presidency next year, the urgency around public infrastructure renewal and replacement will remain.

Municipal Market Analytics warned that climate change may pose the biggest threat to municipal bond credits over the next decade.

The authority was tapped to help facilitate funding from the state’s $125 million Library Construction Act.

Although the funding would not directly fund capital projects that are financed by bond issuances, the money would provide a new level of assurance for port authorities that projects which are fundamental to their continued operation will be completed expeditiously.

Kim Slaughter, a national senior transportation consultant at HNTB, examines the importance of managing mass transit customer expectations. Andrew Coen and Paul Burton host.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank agreed to issue $3.25 billion for the proposed line linking Vegas and Victorville, California.

Critics fear the contracting provision is so draconian it could backfire on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $51.5 billion program.

The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

Henry Cisneros of Siebert Cisneros & Shank chats with Paul Burton at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank summit in Providence.

Improving the capital city's system could generate tax-base growth and economic activity, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Andy Byford, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's transit division, wrote a letter of resignation before rescinding it.

The agency is holding an "innovation challenge" in search of a public-private partnership to parallel its largely unused rail link to the new destination mall.

Two board members said an effort in congress to shift responsibility for the commonwealth's infrastructure revitalization is ill timed.

The state will take competitive bids on $750 million of general obligation bonds next month.

Phil Murphy wants to put a $500 million bond referendum before voters to help pay for making the state’s water systems lead-free.

The authority is bringing $950 million of taxable bonds and $1.7 billion of tax-exempts.

The state aid will be especially helpful for cash-strapped municipalities that are already charging customers high water rates, Moody's said.

Massive borrowing for essential projects in the face of a projected deficit spike is a dilemma as its $51.5 billion capital program undergoes scrutiny.