Feds to Matty: Start over for new bridge permit

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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.

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.