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Task force advances some proposals to speed transit project delivery; NEPA delegation and permitting rules debated
Summary
Staff recommended growing public sector project-delivery capacity and tightening permitting timelines to cut transit construction costs; the task force approved several recommendations and deferred others for rewording, amid cautions that many savings require increased state funding.
Task force staff presented two broad strategies to lower transit construction costs: (1) grow public-sector capacity to plan and deliver projects (business-case templates, a statewide center of excellence, regional collaboratives, standardized material costs); and (2) reduce delivery timelines through permitting reforms, master permits for priority projects, expanded procurement methods and possible NEPA oversight delegation.
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