Infrastructure

The $53 billion Army Corps of Engineers plan is the largest of hundreds of coastal protection projects launched since Superstorm Sandy swamped the area in 2012.

Increased use of third-party vendors by transportation issuers may be putting those entities at increased risk.

Massive mutual fund selloffs this year have returned the market to a pre-1976 investor landscape, when portfolios focused on individual demand, said MMA's Tom Doe.

If the IRA's tax credits prove popular for building clean energy projects, they may be expanded into basic infrastructure financing, said University of Chicago professor Justin Marlowe.

The Federal Highway Administration mandates would "commandeer" state department of transportation authority, opponents say.

States and locals need to move fast to capitalize on the value of upfront funding provided in the infrastructure law, Biden administration officials said.

California is looking to pioneer the floating wind technology that's required in the deep waters where roughly two-thirds of the country's offshore wind potential exists.

The dollars mark the second of five years of increased state highway funding promised under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, talks with Caitlin Devitt about how the midterm elections may affect transportation funding and policy. He discusses likely new chairs on key Congressional committees, legislation to look for next year and the potential spending gridlock if Republicans gain control. (27 minutes)

If Republicans gain control of the influential House T&I committee, expect investigations into the rollout and spending of infrastructure dollars.