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Thursday, January 26, 2012

PANYNJ chief lauds Obama’s infrastructure approach

The new chief of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lauded President Obama’s State of the Union address this week for touching on the need for a more streamlined approach to critical infrastructure projects.

Patrick J. Foye, who has been executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey since the beginning of November, said in a statement that he applauds “the President’s initiative to clear away red tape that slows down critical projects like the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York State, and our two bistate projects at the Goethals and Bayonne bridges.”

“Allowing these projects to linger in regulatory and environmental bureaucracy for years and years costs the region's economy dearly in terms of job creation and economic activity. Reason and common sense must overcome process to get projects to market quicker, all of which can be done consistent with protecting our environment,” Foye said.