Four high schools to be built across the province, including one in Calgary, will cost taxpayers $40 million less than expected, Alberta's education and infrastructure ministers said Wednesday. The combined price tag for the schools slated for northwest Calgary, Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Spruce Grove came in at $96.7 million. Join discussion...

Infrastructure firms' greatest worry in the past few months has been the tight liquidity situation and high interest rates, both of which are easing. Interest rates are now at 11-12%, down from the 13-14% levels seen 2-3 months ago. The cost of raw materials like steel and bulk cement has also fallen, especially after the reduction of excise duty from 10% to 8% on February 24. Join discussion...

TRANSURBAN, a thriftier toll-road operator than it was a year ago, has posted an 86 per cent drop in first-half net profit to $1.9 million despite receiving almost 10 per cent more revenue through tolls and fees. Join discussion...

The Texas Department of Transportation has spent at least $131 million so far developing Trans-Texas Corridor projects, according to a report on the agency Web site. Join discussion...

The private operators of the Indiana Toll Road would have to pay fire departments that respond to collisions that occur along the northern Indiana interstate under a bill proposed by two state senators. Join discussion...

New Delhi, Dec. 27 In a bid to make the ongoing national highways projects attractive to the bidders, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Friday approved the new, upward revised project costs for 6 key projects and their sub-projects. Join discussion...