Chase Collum

The US President has announced more than $1bn to advance clean energy technology.

Backroom deals have helped get the country into a sticky patch, and many in the infrastructure community believe only openness and transparency can clean the slate.

A bill signed into law will allow for an exceptionally long-term contract to be used by the City of Long Beach.

Without the financial institutions backing projects and the legal advisers that help to hash out contracts, profitable and growth-producing infrastructure deals wouldn’t happen, so we took a look behind the curtain to see who has been directing deal flow.

Led by the $17.8 billion Sabine Pass Liquefaction Train project in Louisiana, the US saw a 75 percent increase in deal value year-over-year, securing its place as the highest-valued infrastructure market for three years running.

Finding a fix for frequent traffic congestion on Arizona’s I-17 corridor that fits the budget is no easy task, but ADOT Office of P3 Initiatives director Gail Lewis thinks a P3 could be the right answer.

Senator advocates creation of a Gateway Development Corporation to align interests and ensure development of two new Amtrak tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey.

With its Logistics Investment Programme (PIL) failing to sufficiently attract developers to transportation and logistics project tenders, Brazil’s political leaders consider further opening concessions to international teams.

With limited interest in other recent tenders, Honduras hopes to find a private partner to help develop its southern corridor.

The Riverstone-backed renewable energy developer has reached financial close on the $205m Conejo Solar project, Pattern Development’s first solar energy investment.