Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.

Ohio is the latest state to raise its fuel tax to fund infrastructure needs, with the state legislature approving a 10.5¢-per-gallon increase on gasoline as of July 1.

Highway funding fares well in fiscal 2019 shutdown-ending package, other programs pared.

Thanks to Trust Fund, highway dollars are available, but a stopgap CR could put newly committed obligations at risk.

Looking ahead to President Trump’s $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, rural states are laying down a marker. Transportation officials from rural areas say public- private partnerships generally won’t help them.