Public-private partnership

The authority is also seeking legislation that would allow it to issue revenue bonds backed by $1 billion in annual cap-and-invest revenue.

While the surface transportation reauthorization remains a work in progress, advocates for high-speed rail travel are exploring the benefits of public private partnerships

Doubts are emerging on Capitol Hill about when a surface transportation reauthorization may arrive and what effect, if any, it will have on the beleaguered Highway Trust Fund.

The department has hit its $30 billion limit on transportation private activity bonds and there's a large pipeline of public-private partnerships across the country.

"It became clear our residence halls were a constraint and not an asset for our university," WKU president Timothy Caboni said.

The administration's effort to revitalize the maritime industry includes opportunities for public-private partnerships.

The state does not have the bonding capacity to independently rebuild the American Legion Bridge, the feds say. The state continues to hope for a federal grant to help cover the cost.

Wells Fargo's Julie Barger called the investors a "who's who of buyers in the muni market" including mutual funds, ETFs, SMAs and insurance companies.

"We need private capital," the transportation secretary said.

The California Municipal Finance Authority will issue $742 million in tax-exempt debt for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's first P3.

The commission will oversee procurement after a previous bid faced litigation and allegations of conflicts of interest.

Allowing tax-exempt bonds to remain outstanding during a long-term concession would lower financing costs, advocates say.

The state says the $6.5 billion project is not possible without toll revenue.

The rules could lengthen the procurement timeline for some projects.

S&P revised its outlook to negative on San Juan Cruise Port LLC's BBB-minus rated bonds.

Ballard has shuttered its decades-old public finance practice.

Iowa, Vermont, Wisconsin and the US Virgin Islands are among the least-friendly governments for P3 advocates.

Jeff Swiatek joins as CFO as the Texas toll road is looking to invest in the Austin-San Antonio corridor.

The push for a Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan comes as opponents call for a full review of the railway over concerns about oil spills.

Metro is considering a public-private partnership to deliver what is its largest project to date.