Trump proposes changes in environmental regulations to accelerate developmental works

US President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed a series of changes in the existing environmental regulations, saying that the current norms pose big hurdles in carrying out developmental works in the country.

Speaking in the Roosevelt room of the White House, Trump said that

in the past many of America's most critical infrastructure projects have been tied up and bogged down by an outrageously slow and burdensome federal approval process.

Talking about the endless delays, wastage of money, keeping projects from breaking ground and denying jobs to workers, Trump said that from the day one his administration has made fixing this regulatory nightmare a top priority.

"We want to build new roads, bridges, tunnels, highways, bigger, better, faster, and we want to build them at less cost. That is why for the first time in over 40 years today we're issuing a proposed new rule under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to completely overhaul the dysfunctional bureaucratic system that ..