Just a few highlights of this Executive Order from The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works to Rebuild America's Infrastructure
MODERNIZING AN OUTDATED SYSTEM: The old system for completing environmental reviews was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable to the American people.
REMOVING ROADBLOCKS TO IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order Establishing Discipline and Accountability In the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects.
BUILDING ON PAST SUCCESS: President Trump has made infrastructure a priority and has taken action to rebuild America.
A few bullet points from the order:
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- According to a 2014 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, it takes 7 years on average for a complex highway project to go through the entire environmental review process.
- Rather than allow for a patchwork of agency reviews, this Order implements a One Federal Decision policy under which the lead Federal agency will work with other relevant Federal agencies to complete the environmental reviews and permitting decisions needed for major infrastructure projects.
- Each agency will sign a joint Record of Decision and all required Federal permits will be issued 90 days later.
- The order establishes a two-year goal to process environmental documents for major infrastructure projects.
- Government will get out of the way to allow State and local governments to succeed at meeting their unique challenges.
Finally, some real shovel-ready projects unlike the $787 Billion squandered by our past leader - here, here and here. This is what leadership looks like.
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