Transportation industry

Massachusetts is scheduled to sell $419.3 million of commonwealth transportation fund revenue bonds by competitive bid under its accelerated bridge program.

CHICAGO — Missouri lawmakers have shelved legislation that would have permitted the implementation of tolls on Interstate 70 to fund a $2 billion to $4 billion rebuilding and expansion of the aging highway through a public-private partnership.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last week launched a nationwide search for a chief financial officer to replace Michael Fabiano, who has announced he will retire at the end of this year.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Kentucky is seeking proposals from qualified teams to build its half of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.

Georgia-based American Maglev Technology Inc. has proposed a 15-mile, $315 million elevated magnetic levitation train project to connect Orlando International Airport with several locations in central Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

If a judge approves a fifth amended reorganization plan, the Las Vegas Monorail Co. could exit bankruptcy soon.

A very public feud over the highway funding reauthorization is set to move to a more private venue, as 47 members of a conference committee prepare to hammer out a compromise on divisive issues in the House and Senate bills.

Washington will sell its first ever Garvee bonds next month as it works to raise more money to pay for a replacement floating bridge to help ease traffic in the Seattle region.

DALLAS — Colorado's Regional Transportation District will not seek voter approval of a sales tax increase in November that would allow completion of the FasTracks rail and bus system on its current schedule.

A battle over competing international bridge plans in Michigan that has roiled the Legislature for years could find resolution with a public vote later this year.

Indiana on Monday announced a list of four possible teams for the Ohio River Bridges project.

Market participants are stepping up their efforts in support of muni-friendly provisions in the Senate highway bill, as that body prepares to head to conference with the House to resolve differences in legislation each chamber has passed providing funding for the nation's surface transportation programs.

DALLAS — As its largest tenant faces an uncertain future, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans a mix of refunding and new-money debt for this week and late May.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Federal Highway Administration Friday approved a supplemental environmental impact statement that is a significant milestone toward starting construction on portions of the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project later this year.

The New York State Bridge Authority, which operates and maintains New York’s five vehicular bridges spanning the Hudson River, sold $93 million of general revenue bonds on Tuesday in a competitive sale.

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook to negative from stable on Manchester, N.H.’s airport revenue bonds.

The effort to build a commuter rail line through the two counties north of California's Golden Gate has been a story of ups and downs mimicking the rolling countryside of Marin and Sonoma counties.

California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office Tuesday issued a report recommending that lawmakers reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s funding requests for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted to the City Council ordinances allowing for the issuance of up to $1.5 billion of Midway Airport bonds and about $300 million of wastewater revenue bonds while pushing off a vote on his controversial plan to set up a new financing arm for some infrastructure projects.

A Senate subcommittee hearing on bridge and tunnel tolls turned into a battleground as state and authority officials defended rising tolls and opposed legislation sponsored by subcommittee chairman Frank Lautenberg, warning it could cripple their abilities to raise revenue and finance projects.