Congress’ ‘Problem Solvers’ Tackle Infrastructure Policy
Although President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats hit the pause button on infrastructure policy discussions earlier this year, a bipartisan group of policymakers opted to press ahead with a plan of action of its own.
June 6, 2019Experts: Public-Private Partnerships Could Plug Federal Government Shortfalls in Infrastructure Funding
WASHINGTON — As Congress looks to find common ground on a $2 trillion proposal that would ensure long-term infrastructure funding on the federal level, states could look more to public-private partnerships as a means of paying for local projects, experts said.
May 17, 2019Experts Discuss Prospect of P3s in Raising Funds for Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The timing for Infrastructure Week provided stakeholders with an opportunity to discuss what is arguably the toughest challenge facing the $2 trillion infrastructure deal President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats struck in April — how to pay for it.
May 14, 2019P3s Not Suited for All Infrastructure Projects, US DOT Official Says
WASHINGTON — A federal transportation official reminded state and municipal agencies charged with advancing infrastructure projects of the need to review the costs and potential benefits associated with public-private partnerships.
January 8, 2018Virginia Transportation Chief Is a ‘Big Believer in P3s’
ARLINGTON, Va. — When he first took office in 2014, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne said he wanted to make sure politics did not guide his agency on where to make infrastructure improvements or how to fund them.
April 25, 2017White House Says P3s to Remain Infrastructure Funding Mechanism
Tapping private capital to fund big-ticket infrastructure continues to be an ideal funding option for the White House, press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters March 9.
March 10, 2017Governors to Trump: P3s Not Enough to Finance Country’s Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — A significant reliance on private dollars to help finance public infrastructure projects is not a funding system suitable for rural parts of the country, a group of governors told reporters after meeting with President Trump on Feb. 27.
February 28, 2017TIA's Nancy O'Liddy Discusses P3s
Nancy O'Liddy of the Transportation Intermediaries Association talks with TT's Eugene Mulero about public-private partnerships, Nafta, CSA scores and more in this week's video component to Capitol Agenda.
February 16, 2017P3s Part of Infrastructure Funding Toolkit, US Chamber Transportation Official Says
WASHINGTON — The top transportation official at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce defended the potential benefits of public-private partnerships, amid back-to-back congressional hearings this month during which lawmakers questioned whether infrastructure projects backed by private dollars were right for rural areas.
February 13, 2017P3s Are Popular Funding Method in Canada; US DOT Takes Steps to Promote Option
While nine public-private partnerships for transportation had their financial closing in Canada in 2015, only three such infrastructure projects did the same in the United States, whose population is nine times as large.
January 4, 2016