Public-private partnership

Tolling on the Belle Chasse Bridge is expected to start Tuesday.

The county would hold a special election for a sales tax to provide more funds to build and operate a bond-financed jail project that faces rising costs.

Dr. Shawn Wilson, former Louisiana Transportation Secretary, discusses the transformative Calcasieu Bridge project, lessons from public-private partnerships, and how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is reshaping U.S. infrastructure development.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

Calling it a "tragedy" for residents, without a negotiated setllement resolution could be years away, mediators said.

The company hopes to come to market after completing negotiations on $6 billion of senior bank financing.

As the largest private-activity bond issuance and first investment-grade debt for American high-speed rail, this transaction, which also won Deal of the Year in the Innovative Financing category, opens new avenues for large-scale infrastructure projects in a traditionally underserved financing sector.

Skeptical lawmakers, a new administration in Baton Rouge, and construction change orders all meant repeated delays in commercial close of the P3.

Debt issuance and public-private partnerships could be in the financing mix for projects considered by the Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority.

The $4.5 billion of New York Transportation Development Corp. bonds sold for the P3 won the Northeast category of The Bond Buyer's 2024 Deal of the Year awards.