Infrastructure

The fiscal 2017 federal transportation budget approved by Senate Appropriations Committee incorporates FAST Act funding.

A bill introduced by Senate Democrats would increase funding for state revolving funds, permanently reauthorize a program to provide low-cost loans for water projects, and remove the cap on private-activity bonds for water and wastewater projects.

U.S. airports, ports, and toll roads should experience healthy growth in 2016 thanks to a recovering economy and low fuel prices.

New transportation program dedicates portion of revenue from Nebraska’s gasoline tax to state road infrastructure bank.

Maryland is seeking a federal FASTLANE grant to expand a subsea rail tunnel that moves freight at the Port of Maryland.

State officials say a 45% road funding shortfall will cripple Minnesota’s highway expansion plans by 2018.

Two House Republicans presented a committee with their legislative proposals to reform or abolish the federal income tax system, sparking concerns from some members of the municipal bond community.

The long-stalled bipartisan energy modernization bill is expected to move forward in the Senate without an amendment that would have provided Flint, Mich. with $220 million to address its ongoing water crisis.

Members of a House panel rebuffed a request from WMATA for $300 million per year of additional federal funding.

Upgrading San Francisco’s vulnerable northern seawall to protect against earthquakes and rising sea level could cost $5 billion.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers is calling for the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department to revise and re-propose rules that would determine when entities are political subdivisions that can issue tax-exempt bonds.

Maryland legislators have overridden Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill requiring ranking of transportation projects.

The Conroe Industrial Development Corporation in Texas has paid a penalty and agreed to redeem bonds under the Internal Revenue Service’s voluntary closing agreement program (VCAP) to settle a tax violation relating to bonds it issued in 2008 and refunded in 2012.

Douglass P. Selby will be the new head of public finance at Hunton & Williams, and John O’Neill will lead the public-private partnership practice group.

Increased federal funding is needed to help state and local governments improve water and wastewater systems Senate committee members agreed during a hearing on Thursday.

U.S. ports and their private-sector partners plan to spend a whopping $154.8 billion on port-related freight and passenger infrastructure over the next five years, according to a survey by the American Association of Port Authorities.

The Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $5.6 billion, 36-year contract with a consortium of companies to design, build, operate and maintain a 16.2 mile light rail line that will link two counties in Maryland as well as connect to Amtrak, MARC and local bus services.

The District of Columbia’s proposed six-year capital improvements plan includes $6.3 billion in infrastructure spending, nearly $4.3 billion of which will be financed with the issuance of municipal bonds.

Drivers’ use of toll roads, bridges and tunnels increased by 7% last year, a record-breaking rate of growth that puts tolling usage on pace to double in less than 10 years, according to a report.

Kentucky lawmakers sent Gov. Matt Bevin a sweeping bill authorizing public-private partnerships, although it prohibits tolls on any state transportation projects that connect with Ohio.