Commentary: Mitigate Early and Often — Four Public Agency Strategies for Streamlining Projects
From Best Best & Krieger, in an article originally published in PublicCEO:
“Like private development, public projects must frequently obtain and comply with a variety of state and federal regulatory permits. Too often developers, under pressure to complete projects as soon as possible, rush through the regulatory approval process and spend more time, effort and money on environmental mitigation than necessary. Public agencies sometimes fall into the same trap: Moving through the process with an eye on getting a new park, water pipeline or city hall built without an early focus on selecting and designing cost-effective options to mitigate impacts to endangered species, creeks and other natural resources.”