Infrastructure

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will propose a highway funding plan to the 2017 General Assembly that includes a gas tax hike.

The District of Columbia has paved the way for construction of a $300 million stadium for Major League Soccer's D.C. United by handing over land in Buzzard Point to the team.

S&P Global says U.S. could rebuild its public infrastructure through the repatriation of overseas corporate earnings.

A House Democrat from Connecticut wants to use federal funds to construct a proposed $10 billion system of interstate highway tunnels in Hartford, Conn., that the state highway department deemed too expensive.

Virginia has the environmental clearance to go ahead with a highway project originally earmarked for P3 funding.

Charleston County, S.C., officials cite low state road funding in asking voters for sales tax increase.

The House passed its Water Resources Development Act, which would authorize $170 million to help address Flint, Mich.’s drinking water crisis.

The Internal Revenue Service has informally advised the Baker Correctional Development Corp. in Florida that $45 million of first mortgage revenue bonds it issued in 2008 are taxable.

DALLAS – The Texas A&M Transportation Institute will look into the feasibility of an eight-mile aerial tramway system in Austin known as the Wire that would move passengers high above the city’s often gridlocked roadways.

The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.

The Senate on Wednesday passed a continuing resolution that would keep the federal government running through Dec. 9, preventing a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

Infrastructure projects in the U.S. are plagued by long pre-construction periods, an under-utilization of the public-private partnership financing model, and an inability to both gain support and access capital, a panel of market participants said this week.

Technology-driven transportation projects will be funded with $15 million of new federal Smart Cities grants.

A group of Democrats and Obama administration officials are urging the Republican-led Congress to include Flint aid in either the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 or the government spending measure that must be passed by the end of the week to avoid a government shutdown.

Report from GAO finds states challenged by need to fund bridge projects from limited resources.

Regardless of which candidate takes the oath of office next January, improving our country’s infrastructure will be on the next president’s agenda.

Planners for a 10-county region around Nashville have approved a 25-year, $6 billion transit program.

A bill introduced in the Senate Thursday by three New England Democrats would create a federal green bank in order to attract larger private investments in clean energy and energy efficient projects.

Oregon’s road user task force wants state lawmakers to expand its existing vehicle-miles-traveled fee system.

West Virginia will lose $85 million of revenues per year if tolls are removed from state’s turnpike in 2019.