WASHINGTON, D.C. — A $2.5 billion expressway project in Forth Worth, Texas, will cost the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) just $573 million — less than one-fourth of the total cost. The reason: public-private partnerships.

OAKLAND, CALIF. — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission allocated $22 million of bridge toll money to the Solano Transportation Authority to help finance environmental documentation and preliminary engineering for key improvements to the Interstate 80 corridor in Solano County, Calif.

From journalstar.com: Nebraska senator takes from sales tax to pay for roads
From northjersey.com: LaHood offers to lower NJ tunnel fees
From reuters.com: Congress requests nearly $1 billion for transportation projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction on a new Black River Bridge in Port Huron, Mich., can now begin thanks to a signed agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Michigan Department of Transportation for a $30 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant.

From transportationnation.org: How will a National Infrastructure Bank work?
From fhwa.dot.gov: Status of the highway trust fund