Council on Environmental Quality
Infrastructure
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Council on Environmental Quality
Infrastructure
The Administration strongly supports the development of modern, resilient infrastructure, including for the transportation, water, energy, and other critical sectors of our economy.
Executive Order 13807
For many infrastructure projects, the permitting process can be fragmented, inefficient, unpredictable, and costly. Recognizing these challenges, in August 2017, President Trump issued EO 13807, to reduce unnecessary duplication and uncertainty in the Federal environmental review and authorization process that can delay major infrastructure projects and hold back the American economy.
EO 13807 established a One Federal Decision policy for Federal environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects. The One Federal Decision policy sets a goal for completing environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects within 2 years. CEQ and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council), developed a framework for implementing the One Federal Decision policy, and on April 9, 2018, 11 Federal agencies and the Permitting Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Under the MOU, agencies have committed to greater coordination throughout the process to achieve the 2 year goal, including through the development of joint project schedules, in order to provide greater transparency, accountability, and predictability for project sponsors, applicants, and the public.
Executive Order 13807, issued on August 15, 2017. It remains a presidential executive order.
1Co 3:12
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Public Law No: 117-58 (11/15/2021)
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Among other provisions, this bill provides new funding for infrastructure projects, including for
- roads, bridges, and major projects;
- passenger and freight rail;
- highway and pedestrian safety;
- public transit;
- broadband;
- ports and waterways;
- airports;
- water infrastructure;
- power and grid reliability and resiliency;
- resiliency, including funding for coastal resiliency, ecosystem restoration, and weatherization;
- clean school buses and ferries;
- electric vehicle charging;
- addressing legacy pollution by cleaning up Brownfield and Superfund sites and reclaiming abandoned mines; and
- Western Water Infrastructure.
On March 31, 2021, President
Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 trillion
American Jobs Plan (which, when combined with the
American Families Plan, amounted to $4 trillion in infrastructure spending) pitched by him as "a transformative effort to overhaul the nation's economy". The detailed plan aimed to create millions of jobs, bolster
labor unions, expand labor protections, and
address climate change.
$4 TRILLION Dollars! That's more than the wealth of Elon Musk!!
How is it going?
The 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure demonstrates that recent federal investments have positively affected many of the infrastructure sectors Americans rely on every day. As a result, incremental improvements were made across some of the historically lowest-graded categories in the Report Card. Almost half of the 18 assessed categories saw increased grades and contributed to an overall grade improvement from C- to C. This is promising momentum, but sustained infrastructure investments are necessary to equip stakeholders with certainty for long-term planning and execution of policies and projects that fully realize the benefits of robust resources
See how America's infrastructure is graded by ASCE. Explore grades, state-by-state data, and solutions for roads, bridges, water, energy, and transit.
infrastructurereportcard.org
Well I guess a C passes the Grade. $4 TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!
You can't blame it on delayed permitting, that was taken care of under EO 13807
So where oh where did all that money go?
Hold On
The Best Is Yet To Come
