Infrastructure

Lack of congressional action to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund means aging bridges will continue to deteriorate.

Airports may someday face competition from high-speed rail, but that's not a sure thing yet, Kroll Bond Rating Agency said in a new report on rating methodology for general airport revenue bonds.

Researchers at three universities are looking into the development and future vision for high-speed rail in the United States.

The Highway Trust Fund will not be able to meet obligations for highway and transit projects in fiscal 2015 under President Obama's proposed budget, the Congressional Budget Office is warning.

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority will complete funding of a rail line to Dulles International Airport with May's negotiated sale of $450 million of toll revenue bonds.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is barnstorming across eight states to warn that road projects may be halted if Congress does not replenish the Highway Trust Fund.

A new paper makes recommendations for increasing the number of bond financings for clean energy projects.

A bipartisan group in Congress wants to fund transportation projects with an infrastructure bond bank supported by revenue from corporate tax code reforms.

Leaders on the Senate Environment and Public Works committee said they reached an agreement on principles for a surface transportation reauthorization bill and suggested funding could be raised through tax reform.

In Memphis, Tenn., and Atlanta, major airport-centered economic development plans anticipate using innovative and traditional financing.

Federal lawmakers are examining the Canadian public-private partnership model for lessons to apply in the U.S., where a major infrastructure bank bill awaits action in both chambers of Congress.

While there is wide agreement Northeast infrastructure is rotting, there is nowhere near the same consensus about what to do and how to pay for it.

Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed fiscal 2015 budget "takes a bipartisan jackhammer" to transportation funding, said Rep. Nick Rahall, the top Democrat on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

Major U. S. corporations are calling on Congress to increase transportation infrastructure funding in the next highway bill.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Thursday said she expects the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be able to vote on a six-year transportation bill next month.

Grassroots pressure is building on Congress to pass a transportation funding bill this summer and prevent a halt in construction projects as the Highway Trust Fund approaches insolvency.

Municipal bonds are a better option than P3s for water utilities, an environmental advocate told a special House P3 panel Tuesday.

Maryland can proceed with the selection of a private partner to design, build, and operate the $2.4 billion Purple Line commuter rail project via a public-private partnership after federal approval last week of the environmental impact statement.

The Federal TIFIA loan program provides lower cost capital for toll roads, but can increase bondholder risk, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

The Harlem building collapse has added a big exclamation point to talk about the need for New York to address its aging infrastructure.