Infrastructure

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The state's transportation secretary credited funding from a 2017 gas tax increase for enabling it to clear up a backlog of transportation projects.

The procurement method fosters collaboration and allows flexibility to manage construction costs, proponents say.

The Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind farm being developed off Connecticut's coast, received a positive ruling after a federal environmental review.

The $1.4 billion span would mark the second major bridge that the two states have built together following the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges project that opened in 2016.

The state did not rule out a future public-private partnership but said it's current focus is on public funds.

The State Trunk Line Fund deal is the latest to fund the state's $3.5 billion bond authorization for highways. After this deal $700 million remains.

A bipartisan bill would amend the federal law on federal disaster assistance by adding extreme heat to the list of eligible events.

Under Reynolds' leadership, Loop has grown into a full-service investment firm with more than 260 employees that's one of the world's largest minority or women-owned investment banking firms.

Norfolk Southern would buy a 338-mile city-owned railway for $1.6 billion, which Cincinnati would use to create a permanent infrastructure fund.

Air travel and airport bond ratings are showing strong recovery, data shows, with international passenger travel leading the surge.

The 50-year concession will rebuild the aging Calcasieu Bridge, and impose the first tolls on Interstate 10.

"We believe that the most effective project delivery happens before your project even begins," said DOT Volpe Center Director Anne Aylward.

A Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday examined the fiscal consequences of preparing infrastructure for climate change.

The organization's first ever recommended best practices for State Revolving Funds will be available for public comment through Sept. 30.

The puzzling accounting discrepancy, which dates to 2005, threatened to lead to the rescission of $3.5 billion of contract authority for state departments of transportation.

Sacramento International Airport wants to use newly created TIFIA authorization to help finance upgrades to its terminals and concourses.

"With this year's budget, we're creating a more future-ready Miami-Dade, building for today and investing in tomorrow," Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.

Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund infrastructure projects in the city's $164.8 billion 10-year capital plan.

Transit capital investment grants would be funded at the lowest level in decades under the House GOP 2024 draft bill.