Infrastructure

The federal government regulates vehicles, while states generally regulate drivers, an unofficial division that creates confusion.

Opposition to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s $5 billion, bond-financed improvement and expansion project is heating up with a lawsuit seeking to block it filed ahead of a meeting to consider initial financing. 

States face a multi-trillion infrastructure gap, which they need to address with a sense of urgency, a speaker at the Milken Institute Global Conference said.

The legislative clock is ticking as midterm campaigning ramps up, but the lame duck session offers a fresh opportunity.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg heard concerns from both sides of the aisle during his latest appearance on Capitol Hill.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority wants to sell up to $443.8 million in tax-exempt refunding bonds when market conditions improve.

The Chicago Transit Authority and the Port of Long Beach are among the first public agencies to sign the Equity in Infrastructure Project's pledge.

The new academic center housed at the University of Maryland is developing P3 industry standards and a peer exchange program for state infrastructure czars.

The legislation proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker includes more than $1.3 billion in capital bond authorizations.

Nebraska is a pay-as-you-go state, which some say has stalled completion of its 600-mile expressway system.

The future is uncertain and population shifts may take decades, but city officials need to start preparing for climate-driven migration now, says a new report.

Alex Wiggins, CEO of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, said it will be looking at a combination of bond authority and public-private partnerships to help pay for transportation infrastructure projects.

Having completed its first flood management P3, the Army Corps is embarking on a pair of P3 financings to restore urban ecosystems.

Oklahoma hopes to close on a federal loan this summer for rural highway construction and improvements that would tap into $200 million of borrowing authorized by a 2021 state law.

Surface transportation groups like AASHTO want a phased implementation of the IIJA's Buy America policy.

Moody's deemed the temporary gas tax holidays implemented in several states credit negative.

The the $389.495 million of tax-exempts were sold late last month to help fund construction of the Broward County Convention Center Headquarters Hotel.

States need to balance the growing concerns about oil prices with the need for infrastructure, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said.

"If you clean it, they will come," says an EPA official as new federal environmental funding helps cities revamp old industrial areas into new neighborhoods.

A mostly tax-exempt deal will let the District Department of Transportation to put energy efficient LEDs in its 75,000 streetlights.