Infrastructure

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is poised ask voters to approve bonds this fall to fund improvements to city parks, community centers, fire stations and health clinics, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to a crowded November ballot.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday signed a bill that would create a single-fee E-ZPass program and set the date to vote on highway bonds.

Higher passenger facility charges, increases in federal grants proposed as funding lags needs.

MCKINNEY, Texas -- Collin County commissioners are committed to spending more than half a billion dollars on new freeways in the coming years. But pinpointing the timing of that expense is the looming question.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Monday that she supports new legislation to be introduced Tuesday about how the state, city and Pawtucket Red Sox would finance a new baseball stadium because it addresses her concerns about whether Pawtucket would backstop its financial commitment if anticipated revenues fall short.

DIXON, Ill. -- The county continues to work out plans to build a new law enforcement center, but recent estimates show the jail will cost more than estimated, and there will be less money than projected to pay for it.

Lawmakers rush to beat deadline as the latest FAA authorization is set to run out on Sept. 30.

Maryland asked a federal appeals court for an emergency order restarting the $5.6 billion Purple Line P3.

A new study could plant the seeds for rail transit across the Bayonne Bridge, though it would require cooperation between the New York region's two major transportation agencies.

A bill to grant New York City design-build project authority died when the legislature adjourned.

The budget plan would cut the Transportation Department’s discretionary spending the lowest level in 18 years.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has certified that nearly 61 percent of voters in last week's statewide bond referendum approved the borrowing plan.

Two rating agencies say Indiana's triple-A ratings are not affected by a failed P3.

Dallas City Council members appear to have finally found a way to agree on the contents of an $800 November million bond package: spending another $225 million.

New Jersey lawmakers, seeking to help public libraries stay relevant, are pushing for additional funding for new building and technology upgrades to lure people to visit for more services than just books to take home.

Joseph Lhota will return to New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority as its board chairman.

Ronnie Hakim cites the need for crisis-management improvement

A sales tax plan to pump money into public safety and street repairs is headed to voters.

When Placer County, Calif., tried to raise sales taxes last fall for freeway expansions in the booming suburbs of Roseville and Rocklin, voters in the more rural parts of the county defeated the measure.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo advanced legislation to give New York State majority control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.