Infrastructure

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.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a $660 million bond deal to transform the Port Covington neighborhood, making it the largest tax increment financing district in city’s history.

Arkansas will study whether tolled lanes are the best way to finance a 14-mile segment of a new interstate highway.

Green municipal bond issuance increased by almost half in 2015, with water infrastructure making up the biggest chunk of the bond sales, according to a new report.

Federal budget gridlock could freeze state highway aid at fiscal 2016 levels until after the presidential election.

Wisconsin lawmakers are skeptical of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $6.5 billion, two-year transportation budget.

The Senate on Thursday passed the long-stalled Water Resources Development Act of 2016 that would provide millions of federal dollars to Flint, Mich. and any other community facing a water crisis.

San Diego will build an 11-mile extension of its Blue Line light rail system with a $1 billion federal transit grant.

The rapid increase in refundings for public power and water utilities will likely slow as interest rates are expected to rise through 2018, according to Fitch Ratings. Moody's Investors Service sees a stable operating environment amid low natural gas prices.

As traffic congestion increased, more and more motorists see tolls and mileage charges as funding solutions.

Funding provided by $200 billion of transit initiatives on November ballots would be big investment boost for public transportation.

Professional sports stadiums built or significantly renovated with the help of tax-exempt bonds since 2000 have cost the federal government a total of $3.7 billion, according to a study released by the Brookings Institution.

The Senate may vote Monday on whether to limit debate on a $9.4 billion bipartisan water bill that would provide $220 million in federal funding to remedy the Flint, Mich., water crisis as well as to help other municipalities facing water infrastructure issues.

Central Texas transportation planning agency is looking into a proposed aerial tramway system in Austin.