On February 13, theWall Street Journal published these words:

“等待Infrastruct速度限制ure Spree. Environmental, historical and other rules will likely delay ….”

如果一名和平官员敲门，命令我和188,000我的邻居在一小时内由于迫在眉睫的大坝失败的风险撤离一小时，这将延迟对蜗牛的影响进行三年的环境审查，也许不是在公众的最大利益。

我都赞成通过使用环境评论来保护公共卫生，安全，财产和福利，但我们确实需要考虑优先事项。我们需要的是一项压倒性的法律，该法律使一小群专业工程师绕过任何其他法律，这些法律可能会将紧急修复推迟到现有基础设施。

The American Society of Civil Engineers already has a list of infrastructure requiring upgrade or repair. Where existing infrastructure works but could be improved, we should consider all elements of the improvement including environmental and historical values. However, where the ASCE report card suggests less than a C- grade, the select team should weigh the current danger of injury to the public of delay, and if warranted act to prioritize over the longer term and often aspirational goals.