Senate Leaders Urge DOT Action On New 'Streamlining' Rules for Highways

摘要

Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee expressed concern about delays in implementing changes to expedite infrastructure projects, saying the success of the new rules will be critical to build political support for next year's highway and mass transit legislation. Both Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and ranking member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) urged officials at the Transportation Department to step up their efforts to implement rules to "streamline" the delivery of highway projects before critics succeed in eroding support for the changes that were written into the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.