Overview

• Traffic Senator Ute Bonde’s administration will merge two preliminary planning reviews into a single approval to streamline early-stage project clearance.
• The formal review period for bridge planning documents is set to shrink from nine months to one month under the new rules.
• Exemption from certain state budget execution regulations is projected to shorten total project schedules by one to two years.
• The Hauptausschuss des Abgeordnetenhauses endorsed a five-year trial of the accelerated procedures this week.
• Continuous planning and specialized construction methods are expected to deliver an extra three to six months of time savings on replacement projects.