Infrastructure

Since 2010, over 64,000 new beds on more than 100 different campuses across the country have been financed, built and are being maintained by the private sector.

Water contamination-related lawsuits filed in Chicago and Flint, Mich. stand to influence the sector nationally as the cases draw more scrutiny to the dangers associated with older lead pipe-based systems, Fitch Rating says in a new report.

Washington’s historic Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac will be closed in 2021 without $250 million of repairs.

An investment banker hired as an expert witness in lawsuits challenging All Aboard Florida’s passenger train service said tax-exempt financing is critical to funding the $3.5 billion project, although the private company says that’s not true.

A Senate bill would remove the state capacity limits for tax-exempt private activity bonds to fund P3 water utility infrastructure projects.

Group says National Parks Service could whittle down much of its $12 billion maintenance backlog with public-private partnerships.

Maryland has selected its preferred private partner for the multi-billion dollar Purple Line light rail project, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.

A bipartisan bill that would provide $220 million of federal funds to Flint, Mich., as well as any other community facing a drinking water emergency, appears to be is stalled in the Senate.

Federal officials expect to have construction agreement with private partner for a new FBI headquarters by end of 2016.

Reps. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill., and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., have launched a Municipal Finance Caucus made up of House members from both political parties who will fight to protect the tax-exempt status of municipal debt and ensure there is a robust market for municipal securities.

DOT to Provide Grants for Projects Relieving Congestion

A 2.2 cents per gallon cut in California’s gasoline tax will reduce funding for road and transit projects.

Republican lawmakers contend that President Obama is breaking last year's budget agreement with his fiscal 2017 DOT proposal.

Non-partisan think tank report says states should raise taxes to boost investments in public infrastructure while borrowing costs are low.

Hunton & Williams LLP has hired David Horner as a partner to work in the firm's infrastructure public-private partnerships practice.

Georgia's recently enacted supplemental state budget dedicates $750 million to transportation projects.

The inadequate national investment in transportation infrastructure means it will take at least 21 years to replace or upgrade the 58,500 structurally deficient road bridges in the U.S., according to the latest bridge inventory from the Federal Highway Administration.

Proposal by Democratic leaders in the Maryland General Assembly would restrict governor's authority to allocate transportation project funding.

State lawmakers are looking at gas tax hikes and other proposals to increase funding for local transportation projects.

Interstate tolling is one way to make federal transportation funding more productive, CBO says.