Public-private partnership

As bond issuers and the infrastructure industry ponder a post-BIL future, some look to Europe for how P3s and privatization could help spur investment and raise grades on the infrastructure report card.

Congress needs to lift limitations on tax-exempt private activity bonds, say transportation advocates.

As the Trump administration puts its stamp on dispensing infrastructure funding, proponents of P3's, PABs, federal and formula funding are squaring off against grants to state and local governments.

At a Bond Buyer conference in Atlanta, industry leaders talked about tariff turmoil, the tax-exemption, weather resiliency, infrastructure and more. 

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.

The county is reviewing responses to a request for proposals to help fund construction of a replacement jail through a bond-financed lease-purchase arrangement.

The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year awards will mark the 23rd year it has recognized outstanding achievement in municipal finance. The event, to be held Dec. 3 in New York City, will also include the presentation of the Freda Johnson Awards for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.

The deal was the latest billion-dollar-plus transaction for one of the P3 airport terminal projects at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The state lacks the money to widen the traffic-clogged highway on its own, officials said.

The public-private partnership that took over four Puerto Rico toll roads following the territory's bankruptcy is gearing up to sell municipal bonds.

As federal funding dries up, cites are searching for new funding sources.