Infrastructure

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.

State governors and other public officials who warned that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations could cause significant economic harm to their states and localities are hailing the Supreme Court’s decision to place a stay on the EPA’s plan.

Federal airport grants would increase while the passenger facility charge would stay at its current level under a proposed six-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration approved late Wednesday by the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget includes $84 million for improvements on New York MTA’s Canarsie Line, said, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

President Obama’s proposed $98 billion budget for the Department of Transportation in 2017 includes $3.5 billion of transit grants.

President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget would hamper international trade by cutting funding for seaport navigation systems that are needed to accommodate new, larger cargo ships, the American Association of Port Authorities warned.

President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal 2017, his last one, that includes a $10.25 per barrel tax on oil to fund green transportation projects and several proposals that either benefit or restrict the use of municipal bonds.

General Services Administration is looking for partners to build a new FBI building in exchange for current headquarters.

Congressional Republicans oppose President Obama’s proposal to fund a greener transportation system with a tax on oil.

President Obama will propose $32.4 billion per year of additional funding for innovative transportation efforts with his fiscal 2017 executive budget.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s chief financial officer on Thursday contradicted press reports that the authority may have to have discussions with its bondholders to ease its debt.