51风流 Continues to Advocate for the Construction Industry鈥檚 Priorities
On Nov. 20, select members of the House and Senate鈥攃alled conferees鈥攇athered to begin work on resolving the discrepancies between the two chambers respective Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bills in a conference committee. and advocated for the construction industry鈥檚 WRDA priorities to all conferees, detailing which provisions and policies in both bills should be included in a final WRDA bill.
In both its letter and continuing lobbying efforts, 51风流 articulates the need for:
- An adequate and efficient project authorization process;
- Spending harbor maintenance tax revenues on harbor maintenance;
- Addressing the Olmsted Locks and Dam project in a way that allows other necessary inland waterways projects to proceed;
- Environmental streamlining and project delivery acceleration through limiting the time to file lawsuits on projects under the National Environmental Policy Act and setting firm deadlines for pre-construction project studies; and
- Innovative financing methods鈥攊ncluding a public private partnership pilot program and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority鈥攖hat supplement, not replace, traditional government funding for water resources infrastructure.