The National Governors Association held meetings to bring public and private infrastructure leaders together over alternative delivery approaches and public-private partnerships.
Part of the NGA’s twice-yearly Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop, the two-day event brought together infrastructure coordinators and transportation officials from 20 states and territories with private sector leaders to discuss alternative infrastructure delivery approaches and public-private partnerships. The goal, officials said, was to “sustain momentum on infrastructure investment in the face of federal funding uncertainty.”
“With funding uncertainty and rising construction costs, governors are thinking outside the box to continue to build the roads, bridges and transit projects their states need,” NGA Chief Policy Officer Timothy Blute said. “Public-private partnerships and alternative delivery approaches offer innovative tools to keep infrastructure projects moving forward while saving taxpayer dollars. Governors are leading the charge to accelerate infrastructure construction, and NGA’s Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop generated productive, bipartisan discussions to keep building.”
Federal infrastructure funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) expired Sept. 30, although parts of the legislation were extended under a continuing resolution that expires in December. In a 2025 letter to Congress, governors called for a reauthorization of surface transportation funding to ensure funding levels, promote certainty and a timely release of funds, and to increase state flexibility by prioritizing formula programs.
The Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop is designed to allow public and private sector stakeholders to explore mechanisms like design-build and P3 solutions to offset the uncertainty in federal infrastructure funding, increasing construction costs, and other fiscal challenges.
“As uncertainty prevails around long-term federal infrastructure funding, states are turning to private capital to build the projects that keep America powered and moving,” Jon Phillips, Chief Executive, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA), said. “Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators are already helping their regions put credible, resilient frameworks in place that let the private sector bring both financing and expertise. State governments can now play a critical role in future infrastructure by expanding state capacity for public-private partnerships, streamlining project permitting, and giving investors confidence to build for generations of Americans to come.”