File #: Int 0263-2026    Version: * Name: Developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Shaun Abreu, Frank Morano
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Design and Construction to coordinate with other agencies as appropriate to prepare a strategic blueprint to reduce the duration of capital projects by at least 25 percent. Such blueprint would review, at a minimum, early completion incentives; standardization of processes, timelines, and forms; and agency coordination with utility companies.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 263, 2. Int. No. 263, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26

Int. No. 263

 

By Councils Member Krishnan, Louis, Brooks-Powers, Abreu and Morano

 

A Local Law in relation to developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. By no later than December 1, 2023, the department of design and construction shall, in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, prepare and file with the mayor and the council, and post on its website, a strategic blueprint to reduce the average duration of capital projects by at least 25 percent. Such blueprint shall review, at a minimum, early completion incentives; standardization of processes, timelines, and forms; and agency coordination with utility companies.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

MJT

LSR #11638

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