Category Archives: bonds

Legal Trend = Legislative TREND. Sunshine States Seeks Stop Private Passenger Rail. 3 Key Points to Be Up to Speed.

The nationa’s only privately funded passenger rail: Florida’s All Aboard Florida’s Brightline venture, a high-speed train that would connect Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando with an expansion of the project linking West Palm Beach to Orlando

Who brought suit to stop the privately funded rail? 2 Florida counties + Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida

What are the complaints? 

  • That federal agencies did not sufficiently assess the project’s environmental impacts and risk…

25% of November Bond Propositions are Transportation Bonds.

The Texas Comptroller tracks bond elections. Its a handy spreadsheet for data junkies.

On November 8th, 12 of the 50 bond measures tracked are for transportation projects:

  • Amarillo $89.5 million for streets
  • Austin $720 million for transportation and mobility
  • Bellaire $24 Million for streets, drainage and sidewalks
  • Hays Co. $131 million for transportation improvements
  • Hunt Co. $24.5 million for transportation
  • Parker Co. $76.2 million for transportation projects
  • Willis Point ISD $42.5…

Transportation Bonds. Bipartisan Support. Centennial State.

Colorado legislature is gaining bipartisan support for fudning state transportation via bonds. The info you need:

  • Colorado is falling behind on transportation funding every year
  • A Republican, chair of Senate Transportation Committee, has a $5.5 billion bond package that would require voter approval
  • The bond package has bipartisan support
  • The bond package does not dedicate funding for bond service
  • Some opposition is rooted in future budget writers will have less revenue to compensate for…