Infrastructure

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.

Long-range road funding bill approved by Indiana House calls for highway planners to study the feasibility of tolling Interstate Highways.

The Port of Oakland has lost its second-largest terminal operator, a blow that Fitch Ratings said should be manageable.

Pennsylvania road revenues will over the next 12 years will be $6 billion shy of the $34 billion needed for its long-range plan.

Relieving the congestion on urban highways in Texas will be a continual process that requires additional funding sources, planners say.

Voters in Portland, Ore., will decide May 17 on the city's proposed four-year, 10 cent per gallon gasoline tax.

Texas will spend $1.3 billion on 14 highway projects aimed at reducing traffic congestion in five cities.

Missouri’s transportation chief warned lawmakers that state lacks funds to rebuild aging roads and bridges.

The Highway Trust Fund will remain solvent through 2020 with a $70 billion general fund transfer but the revenue shortfall won’t go away, CBO said.

California cuts road and transit project funding by $754 million over five years as fuel sales tax revenues fall in step with pump prices.

Virginia planners determine that express toll lanes on Interstate 66 is best way to cut travel times.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley asked lawmakers to raise the state's gasoline tax and cut the income tax rate.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to raise state transportation funding by $750 million over 10 years without raising taxes.

Aging and underfunded infrastructure is the greatest challenge for mayors, according to a survey sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and The Boston University Initiative and supported by Citi.

States can begin expending their share of the $39.7 billion of federal transportation funding provided in fiscal 2016 by the new FAST Act.