From San Jose Mercury News: Lack of budget means $3.9 billion in transportation funds on hold
From NASDAQ: Treasury Official Urges Lawmakers To Back Infrastructure Bank
From The Washington Post: VDOT audit reveals 2 untouched pots of gold
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 1,000 construction grant applications for more than $19 billion from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia far exceeded the $600 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II dollars the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) can award for infrastructure projects ranging from highways and bridges to transit and ports, Secretary Ray LaHood announced.

From USA Today: Almost a quarter of major urban roads are in poor shape
From Bloomberg: Texas Selling $1 Billion of Highway Bonds
From Transportation Nation: Give Us Transportation, Just Don’t Make Us Pay For It

From The Journal of Commerce: White House backs bigger trucks in Maine, Vermont

From montgomeryadvertiser.com: Alabama voters to decide fate of $1B road-building plan
From bloomberg.com: New Jersey considers privatizing roadwork as transport funding dries up