Infrastructure

Encinitas City Council members are leaning toward borrowing close to $30 million so the city can overhaul much of Leucadia's portion of Coast Highway 101 all at once, instead of doing the project into three phases as previously proposed.

As they prepare to battle for votes in the runoff for Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner, incumbent Jim Clark and James Metts have differing ideas on the immediate needs of the community.

Bond Dealers of America urges the House Ways and Means Committee to take up and pass a bill that would restore advance refunding bonds according to prior law.

Panelists at the national bond summit in Miami discuss how communities can address climate change and new transportation modes.

City and state groups credited Congress for supporting programs the administration wanted zeroed out, including the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants program, which will get $2.6 billion.

Congress' deficit-raising actions have made it more likely that munis would be targeted for cuts to raise revenues in infrastructure or other future bond-related legislation.

While state lawmakers have approved limited use, notably for the city's housing authority, city officials want to use the method across the board.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Joe Lhota defended the agency after a rating downgrade.

The bill has a $63 billion in spending for non-defense discretionary programs in the 2018 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, including $10 billion more for infrastructure programs.

The project would get money from Amtrak, capital investment and other accounts under the omnibus spending bill, the details of which are expected to be released later today .

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants his first budget proposal to begin a turnaround for the state’s mass transit system.

Climate Bonds Initiative of London cited the authority's $662 million green sale.

They say the city’s massive capital program needs right-sizing to solve a problem that goes back several administrations.

A state bill to restructure the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority’s bonds didn't pass; one analyst said it could have violated contract laws.

President Trump has threatened to veto this long-delayed omnibus if it contains a $900 million appropriation for Gateway that the House approved in September as part of a spending bill for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments.

Debt is being issued to refund the Karegnondi Water Authority's 2016 bonds and fund remaining pipeline construction costs.

The University of Maryland at Baltimore County told the legions who became instant fans Friday night: Come to our new municipal-bond financed events center.

The collapse of the pedestrian bridge in Florida and resulting focus on its federal funding shouldn't impact the TIGER program, transit officials said.

Transit officials from across the nation meeting here this week said the president's proposed budget cuts don't track with his rhetoric on infrastructure.

The bill would create a $100 million fund to clean contaminated water sources