Public-private partnership

Meridiam, ACS Infrastructure Development, Sacyr Infrastructure USA LLC and Plenary Americas are among the firms that have signaled interest in the project.

The project was the Georgia's first revenue-risk P3 and lays the groundwork for future express lane P3s.

The massive I-285 East express lanes project in metro Atlanta will be procured in two phases.

Ten winners across five regions and five additional categories will be celebrated Dec. 2 in New York City, where one will be crowned the overall Deal of the Year.

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project had a deadline Friday for bondholder consent to a settlement resolving construction disputes.

Contractors that have been absorbing cost increases in fixed-price projects may insist on the more flexible pricing built into progressive design-build delivery models.

"The project is not dead," said the transportation planning board chair.

The Texas Transportation Finance Corp deal will refund interim notes used to finance the ending of a public-private partnership that built toll lanes.

At The Bond Buyer's infrastructure conference, panelists speculate about the reliability of federal funds under the current administration.

Bond lawyers, municipalities, and transportation officials are moving towards greater use of public private partnerships for infrastructure projects bogged down by capital constraints and high risk.

For the 24th year, The Bond Buyer editorial board will identify and recognize the year's most outstanding municipal finance transactions. The final deadline for nominations is Friday, October 17.

Infrastructure like vertiports may be financed with municipal bonds.

With an insolvent Highway Trust Fund, toll revenue and PABs are increasingly important for transportation financing, lobbyists said.

The hire comes as more BAM clients are considering public-private partnership financing structures.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced plans to take over the operations at Washington Union Station while curtailing a $10 billion expansion project.

Transit expert and former MTA head "Train Daddy" Andy Byford is in charge of the $7 billion renovation.

Revenue generated by the bureau's 10 managed lane projects is, on average, exceeding original projections by 63%.

"American money is there, we just have to make it feel welcome," said board member Francis Sacr, former executive director of the Gateway Development Commission.

The grants allow governments to scan their transportation assets for potential public-private partnerships.

Mayors and city leaders are using a combination of bond financing and public private partnerships to build and preserve affordable housing while working with a patchwork of regulations and facing opposition.