Published on Fox News (February 21, 2018)
Thomas J. Bisacquino
Politicians in Washington are struggling to build bridges across the political aisle. But they could improve the political climate if they’d focus on the actual building (and repairing) of bridges, said Thomas Bisacquino, NAIOP president and CEO, in an opinion editorial published on Fox News.
It reads, in part:
To drive successful infrastructure expansion, Washington needs to encourage the growth of public-private partnerships (P3’s) to deliver more private sector investment for major projects. It can do that by promoting a regulatory and tax environment for investment that attracts dollars and technology from the private sector.
Policymakers also need to make more land available for development. A leaked administration infrastructure draft cited reform of the federal brownfield program to encourage development. According to that document, the administration wants to make it easier for state and local governments to permit brownfield development.
Read the full piece on Fox News.
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