The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published a federal register notice asking for public feedback on regulations.
Feedback is sought from construction professionals, engineers, transportation stakeholders and project sponsors.
The DOT asks that feedback pertains to non-statutory requirements that should be removed or revised. These requirements burden and impede transportation infrastructure projects, the DOT said.
Comments are sought only on administrative items the department can change without legislation.
The move is part of an executive order that requires government agencies to establish a task force to make recommendations on how to eliminate unnecessary regulations.
The DOT’s Regulatory Reform Task Force is headed by Deputy Secretary Jeff Rosen.
“The current process takes far too long,” Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said. “Today, and all week, we have heard many recommendations from governors, mayors and other state officials who actually build things. A special DOT Task Force has already acted on what we’ve been hearing and identified dozens of ways to streamline the process.”
Public feedback will close on July 24. All comments received will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
The request of public comment was announced as part of President Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Week. Chao called Trump a leader who understands infrastructure’s challenges better than any president in recent memory.