Infrastructure

States are expected to use almost $800 million of new federal grants aimed at smooth freight shipments to leverage another $3.6 billion of infrastructure investments from other sources.

FHWA will reallocate $2.8 billion of unspent federal highway funding to 49 states in fiscal 2016.

Indiana will receive an upfront payment of $50 million under terms of a proposed deal to lease the state’s communications infrastructure, including its existing cell towers, to a Canton, Ohio –based private operator.

Freight backlogs are biggest potential setback to U.S. ports from South Korean shipping bankruptcy.

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority plans a first-of-its kind environmental impact bond using a "pay for success" model to finance infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff.

Tennessee officials hope to avoid a $60 million cut in federal road funding over state's new under-21 DUI law.

Minnesota highway officials say road conditions will worsen without solution to growing revenue gap.

States will experiment with alternatives to the gasoline tax using funding from first round of federal grants.

Japan will contribute $2 million to study a $10 billion magnetic levitation rail line between Baltimore and Washington.

Federal aid will alleviate financial challenges for southern Louisiana parishes affected by this month’s flooding, but the disaster remains a credit negative for the state and local governments, Moody's Investors Service said/

Congressional critic of California's $9 billion of state bonds for high-speed rail wants to repurpose the funding.

Amtrak countersued the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority over $30 million for track maintenance between Boston and Rhode Island.

Almost all the state legislators who voted for a higher state gasoline tax last year won their 2016 primary races, according to an analysis of eight states that enacted laws to increase their state motor fuel taxes in 2015.

Maryland and Federal Transit Administration officials want a federal judge to restore funding for the $5.6 billion Purple Line light rail public-private partnership project that was shut down by court order in early August.

Significant cost overruns on an earlier light-rail program may affect November vote on Seattle’s $54 billion transit proposal.

More infrastructure spending at all levels of government would be best fix for California's congested, deficient roads, TRIP says.

Advocates say Colorado could unclog roads with an additional $1 billion each year for transit, sidewalks, and bike lanes.

Cash-strapped Louisiana faces huge expenses as a result of the three days of torrential rains that flooded the southern part of the state, state budget chief Jay Dardenne told a legislative panel Thursday.

State gasoline tax collections climb as more Americans hit the road, giving states additional borrowing capacity.

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie opens the general fund to restart transportation project stalled over fight with lawmakers.