On Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, 2024, NGA held its Northeast Regional Project Delivery Workshop in Philadelphia. This convening, which was hosted in partnership with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Office, brought together Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators and other advisors from Northeast states, NGA Partners and federal officials to discuss infrastructure project delivery and coordination challenges facing these states. This convening was the second in the Regional Project Delivery series and followed NGA’s first regional workshop held in Nashville for Southeast states in November 2023.
The agenda focused on four main infrastructure topics: offshore wind, other energy opportunities, electric vehicle infrastructure and transit. The Workshop was structured around facilitated discussions that were introduced by several speakers on each topic. This structure led to a robust dialogue over the two days, despite a short interruption from an earthquake Friday morning!
The meeting kicked off Thursday afternoon with a discussion on offshore wind and related infrastructure issues. Officials from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opened this session with a presentation on…
