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USDOT Implements Infrastructure Act’s Final Rules for RRIF and TIFIA Programs

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced its final rule amending the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) programs to...more

Indiana DOT Announces First Round of Awards to Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Network

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced a first round of 39 awards for its Charging the Crossroads program on March 28, 2024. The program utilizes funding under the National Electrical Vehicle...more

USDOT Proposes Elimination of Buy America Waiver for Federal Highway Administration-Funded Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on March 7, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would discontinue its longstanding Buy America waiver for manufactured products used in FHWA-funded...more

Indiana Department of Transportation Expands “Progressive” Alternative Project Delivery Methods

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) rolled out its new statutorily authorized pilot progressive design-build (PDB) and construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) transportation infrastructure project delivery...more

New York’s Charging Station Legislation Paves the Way for More Electric Vehicles

Summary - In an effort to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) usage, New York’s Legislature passed four vehicle charging infrastructure bills this session that are awaiting action by Governor Kathy Hochul. Under the Climate...more

New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program Moves Forward

Summary - The nation’s first variable tolling program in a central business district (CBD) reached a new milestone, bringing New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) closer to its goal of launching...more

Federal Highway Administration Releases Revised Form FHWA-1273 for Federal-Aid Projects

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on July 5, 2022, released a revised Form FHWA-1273, “Required Contract Provisions Federal-Aid Construction Contracts,” the first reissued form since 2012....more

Alternative Project Delivery Methods Authorized for Repairs at 25,000 NYC Public Housing Units

Summary - Hoping that faster construction methods can be combined with increased subsidies to undertake billions of dollars of desperately needed affordable housing renovations, New York’s Legislature has authorized the...more

USDOT Suspends Buy America Requirements

Summary - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has temporarily suspended Buy America requirements for certain construction materials needed to build infrastructure projects with federal participation, in part due...more

GASB Requires Public Entities to Make Room in the Debt Column for Availability Payment-Based P3 Projects

For those interested in availability payment (AP) or service payment structures for public-private partnerships (P3s), June 15, 2020, was an important day despite lack of fanfare....more

Federal Legislative Proposals at a Crossroads?

Surface transportation has been a topic of federal policy consideration in recent weeks. The U.S. House of Representatives floated a partisan, large transportation bill, while the U.S. Senate continues to advocate for a...more

FRB Boston Releases Main Street Lending Program Documentation and FAQs

On May 27, 2020, the FRB Boston (the FRB Boston) released form documents and expanded explanatory materials including updated Frequently Asked Questions (the FAQs) for the Main Street Lending Program (the MSLP)....more

Federal Reserve Board Expands Main Street Lending Program

The Federal Reserve Board unanimously voted on April 30 to expand the much-anticipated Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) to facilitate lending to small and medium-sized businesses seeking to address the economic effects of...more

Federal Reserve Provides $2.3 Trillion in Loans

On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve issued a press release announcing that it would be seeking to undertake additional actions to provide up to $2.3 trillion in loans to support the economy. ...more

Governmental Accounting Standards Board Proposes Updated P3 Guidelines

The primary objective of the guidelines is to improve financial reporting by addressing issues related to P3s and APAs. The guidelines provide uniform guidance on accounting and financial reporting for transactions that meet...more

New Jersey P3 Legislation Expands Opportunities for Major Infrastructure Projects, Including Roads

New Jersey has enacted legislation that greatly expands the pool of public agencies authorized to enter into public-private partnerships (P3s) for capital projects in the state, in order to address growing infrastructure...more

White House Unveils Infrastructure Plan: Funding Questions Remain

The American Infrastructure Initiative (infrastructure plan) released by the White House last week aims to stimulate more than $1.5 trillion in new investment over the next decade, shorten the process for approving projects,...more

H.R. 601 Extends EB-5 Program and Provides $15.25B of Disaster Relief Funds

President Trump has signed into law H.R. 601, a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through December 8, 2017, and thereby extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program beyond September 30, 2017—the end of the...more

Trump Signs Executive Order to Streamline Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure

On August 15, President Donald J. Trump signed a second executive order "streamlining" the federal environmental permitting process with a goal of making construction of transportation, water, and other infrastructure...more

INFRA Grant Program Encourages Use of P3s

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has revised and renamed a federal grant program that provides federal financial assistance to highway and freight projects of national or regional significance to support projects...more

Government Funding Bill Released; EB-5 Program Intact Through September

As reported by Ballard Spahr in previous Alerts, many members of Congress have proposed and considered several reform measures to the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program, known as "EB-5," over the past several years....more

China's Stringent New Rules on Yuan Transfers Could Hinder EB-5 Fundraising

The Chinese government has enacted new rules severely limiting foreign currency transfers out of China. The scope of the limitations are not clear but the Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese banks advised their customers...more

EB-5 Program Gets Temporary Extension; USCIS Issues New EB-5 Policy Manual

The EB-5 Regional Center Program has been extended through April 28, 2017, following the passage of a continuing resolution (CR) by Congress that narrowly avoided a government shutdown. The CR provides continued funding...more

Significant Increases to EB-5 Program Filing Fees Effective on December 23, 2016

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has increased fees by an average of 21 percent for certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications, including the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5)....more

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