News Digest - Sept. 26, 2016

New Pathways to Credit Announced Today. The Build America Bureau (Bureau) began offering an Emerging Projects Agreement in addition to a Master Credit Agreement for the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 (TIFIA) and the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) programs. The Bureau can provide technical assistance and contingent commitments under the TIFIA and RRIF programs.  The use of these two new agreements will help infrastructure projects at different phases of development reach project completion. To download a fact sheet on these new agreements, go to: [insert link OR https://www.transportation.gov/buildamerica]