Trump signs executive order to speed infrastructure permitting process
Measure reportedly eliminates Obama-era measure to factor in climate change
President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 15 aimed at speeding the federal permitting process for transportation and other infrastructure projects.
Speaking at the Trump Tower in New York alongside Transportation secretary Elaine Chao, he said builders have to navigate up to 16 approvals, 9 agencies and 29 statutes. That can result in delays of years or even decades, costing millions of dollars, he said.
The result is a “self-inflicted wound on our country,” Trump said.
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