More than two years after first announcing “infrastructure week,” President Trump finally has his sights set on the issue.

The administration’s recently announced proposal to streamline “environmental” permitting rules under the National Environmental Policy Act has won applause from taxpayers and consumers who pay the price for projects that take far too long to construct. But even as the regulatory assessment process is halved from more than four years to just two, American ports, a key component of economic growth, will continue to be hobbled by reckless federal policies that result in the wanton wasting of time and taxpayer dollars.