The Trump administration has failed to apply building standards to protect federally funded infrastructure projects from future flood risk, more than a year after pledging it would do so.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/despite-post-hurricane-harvey-promise-trump-has-not-replaced-flood-building-standards …
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Through an executive order issued just days before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Trump revoked an Obama-era federal rule requiring federally funded infrastructure (highways, schools, and wastewater treatment plants) that are damaged by floods to be rebuilt to a higher elevation.pic.twitter.com/ugcVTei5jN
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Weeks after Hurricane Harvey, Trump administration officials seemed to express regret. Ex-White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert indicated at a Sept. 2017 press briefing that the Trump administration was considering replacing the 2015 standard with a new one.pic.twitter.com/UAHOXCT87v
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The new standard would imposes similar requirements to "build back smarter and stronger," Bossert said. The Washington Examiner has learned the Trump administration has not replaced the standard. And stakeholders say the federal government does not appear to be prioritizing it.pic.twitter.com/YNmMqlSJ5v
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The lack of action adds to damages from disasters such as Hurricane Florence by enabling federal taxpayer money to support rebuilding efforts that don’t have to account for withstanding increasingly intense storms, heavier rain, and more frequent flooding. https://washex.am/2Ozz0J9
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