Comment by ApolloFortyNine
7 hours ago
I'm just going to post so I can reference this in the future.
The council is going to do and accomplish nothing, eventually some company may try to build, but after 2 years another environmental survey will be requested and they'll give up and go somewhere else (likely considered a win by people who support this bill).
These special government councils rarely accomplish anything, they're the exact kind of thing people reference when answering why building in the US is so expensive and why we don't have large infrastructure projects. It's red tape on top of red tape.
If the council ends up being a total flop then it doesn't matter. The moratorium goes away after 2017 and everything will return to normal
The council itself isn't legislating anything. They are simply researching and hiring relevant experts