Infrastructure

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., asks the House to move quickly on multiyear transportation bill to avoid disruptions this fall.

Infrastructure needs, pension funding and health-care benefits are most constraining to municipal budgets in 2015, the National League of Cities said in its annual survey on fiscal conditions.

House Majority Leader and top candidate to replace Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio as House Speaker, says he’s confident Congress will pass a multiyear highway bill in October.

The Texas Transportation Commission decided tolls are not needed to fund a proposed $530 million highway project.

With non-transportation P3s on the rise, analysts and other experts say they're not for everyone.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells road planners to look at projects that eliminate bottlenecks and reduce traffic congestion.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office will not decide on the local property tax exemptions of two P3 student housing projects at Texas A&M.

An airport group wants airlines to drop their opposition to higher passenger facility fees that finance local infrastructure.

Oregon must spend an additional $3.6 billion over the next 20 years to keep aging state highway bridges at current conditions, Oregon DOT says.

Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.

Low balances in the Highway Trust Fund could result in delayed reimbursements to states for transportation projects by Thanksgiving.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are rated as the most infrastructure-friendly candidates in the 2016 presidential field.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivered a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday outlining a framework aimed at achieving funding for a new trans-Hudson commuter rail tunnel.

Connecticut received a $700,000 federal grant to study of transit-oriented development in the Hartford line corridor, which covers New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass.

A proposed P3 procurement center at the Transportation Department would assist states in reaching effective agreements with private investors.

Portland, Ore., will need more than $2 billion over the next decade to bring its streets into good shape after years of neglect.

Recent demise of several proposed public-private partnership projects indicate that P3 activity may slow down, S&P said.

Key House committee chairman says not enough time for agreement on funding a multiyear highway bill before current extension expires.

Latest estimate shows Highway Trust Fund to stay solvent through June 2016, easing pressure for quick passage of long-term highway bill.

Arkansas revives road projects stalled over federal funding concerns, but officials say long-term HTF solution is essential.