Biden Aims to Speed Up Historic Preservation Reviews in Projects
- Effort part of bid to build out more infrastructure, housing
- Draft changes, if adopted, would impact billions in investment
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to accelerate project permits and reviews involving historic buildings, part of an effort to build out infrastructure and climate resiliency in American communities.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent federal agency, on Thursday proposed a draft program comment on Accessible, Climate-Resilient, Connected Communities aimed at accelerating timelines for historic preservation reviews, a change impacting investments worth billions of dollars.