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Sean Duffy: “It takes years upon years to get permits to build in the…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy My department's role is safety

Published | Video Starts at 08:03

The materials that we use are cleaner, the systems we use are cleaner. The problem is that again, if we're going to repave a road over the same road, we need to get permits. And It takes years upon years to get permits to build in the same place [where] we already had a road. And so the question becomes, is that really helping the environment? If I can't rebuild this road and it takes me a decade, I'd say no, I'm not opposed to environmental rules and regulations. (08:03–08:09)

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Asserts that obtaining permits for rebuilding existing roads takes many years.

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