Bonds for biggest US beltway road priced cheaper

The US$2.6 billion, 30-year municipal bonds issued to pay for the longest traffic beltway in America are reported to be priced cheaper at around $97, with a higher yield of 5.15%. Bloomberg claims the bonds for the Grand Parkway in Houston – a 290km (180 miles) road circling the city - could have been sold by the Texas Department of Transportation during a much healthier market period from as early as April this year. Also known as Texas State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway opened its first section in 1994.
July 22, 2013 Read time: 1 min
The US$2.6 billion, 30-year municipal bonds issued to pay for the longest traffic beltway in America are reported to be priced cheaper at around $97, with a higher yield of 5.15%.

Bloomberg claims the bonds for the Grand Parkway in Houston – a 290km (180 miles) road circling the city - could have been sold by the 3499 Texas Department of Transportation during a much healthier market period from as early as April this year.

Also known as Texas State Highway 99, the Grand Parkway opened its first section in 1994. When completed, it will be the longest beltway in the US, and the third loop within the Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the inner loop, and Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) being the middle loop.
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