Fitch Ratings currently maintains public ratings on seven debt-financed U.S. managed lanes (ML) projects and one private rating, two of which are publicly operated and six privately operated under long-term concession agreements.

Of these eight projects, one has been in operation for close to 20 years, three are in various stages of ramp-up, three are under construction, and one reached financial close in May 2015.

A June 3 update on the sector highlights some positive trends in the sector, which we relate here verbatim from the report: