特拉华州众议院450号法案引苏塞克斯县关注：许可加速器被指或改变道路与开发密度
10月25日，特拉华州媒体报道了众议院450号法案在苏塞克斯县引发的关注。这项名为《特拉华州改革机遇与加速发展法案》（ROAD Act）的法案由多佛市众议员 William Bush 提出，苏塞克斯县的众议员 Claire Snyder-Hall 与 Tim Hilovsky 共同联署。法案旨在延续州长 Meyer 今年2月以行政令设立的「就业优先许可加速器」，改革多年来积累的审批政策与流程。
州长办公室表示，加速器意在让经济适用房与劳动力住房、可持续能源、宽带接入以及公共供水与污水处理项目更易推进，但不取代县市审批，也不凌驾于地方决定或未决诉讼之上；目前全州已有15个项目被纳入加速器。
苏塞克斯县居民关注的焦点是，许可提速是否会改变当地道路交通状况与开发密度。州长发言人强调，被纳入加速器不等于项目获批，所有必需审批仍须完成。法案的支持者认为，审批提速有助于缓解住房与基建短缺，让更多项目尽快落地。
来源：GSM·美国
Delaware House Bill 450 Draws Sussex County Attention as Permitting Accelerator Raises Traffic and Density Questions
Delaware media reported on October 25 on the attention House Bill 450 is drawing in Sussex County. The bill, formally the Reforming Opportunities and Accelerated Development for Delaware Act (ROAD Act), was sponsored by Dover Representative William Bush and co-sponsored in Sussex County by Representatives Claire Snyder-Hall and Tim Hilovsky. It builds on the JobsFirst Permitting Accelerator that Governor Meyer created by executive order in February, aiming to reform permitting policies and processes accumulated over decades.
The governor's office says the accelerator is meant to help affordable and workforce housing, sustainable energy, broadband access, and public water and wastewater projects move forward, but it does not replace county or municipal approvals or override local decisions or pending litigation. Fifteen projects statewide have been accepted into the accelerator so far.
Sussex County residents are focused on whether faster permitting will change local traffic conditions and development density. The governor's spokesman stresses that acceptance into the accelerator is not project approval and that all required approvals still apply, while supporters say faster permitting will ease housing and infrastructure shortages.
Source: GSM·USA
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