Feds to Matty: Start over for new bridge permit
In latest setback for Citizen Moroun, the lead federal agency reviewing his application to build a second span says the bridge company must resume the permitting process at Square One
Coast Guard news release is here.
Quote:
Since June and despite meetings between the Coast Guard and DIBC, there has been no resolution of the issues which resulted in the abeyance. . . . The validity of the NEPA analysis contained in the Coast Guard Ambassador Bridge Enhancement Project Final Environmental Assessment cannot be determined. Without a completed NEPA analysis, the Coast Guard cannot issue a bridge permit.
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John Gallagher calls it "a major setback" in his Freep lead here.