PghBob wrote:
It might depend on the "powers" given to the Gov. by the "State of Emergency" proclamation. This type of proclamation often gives authorities power to act if deemed to be a public safety issue.
Those powers typically allow cutting red-tape ... like need to do an excavation to relieve flooding, you can skip the birds and bugs impact study. need to shut down six lanes of an expressway to allow for wrong-direction traffic, just sign on the line. It also enables Federal reimbursement for emergency efforts done at the State or Local level... like renting back-hoes and water tanker trucks, paying for first-responder over-time, etc
