Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ) reintroduced legislation to digitize and streamline the permitting process for transportation infrastructure.

The Interactive Federal Review Act would direct the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to select a minimum of ten federal highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms to speed up the environmental analysis and community engagement processes required in FHWA projects.

“Countries like Australia, Italy, and France outpace America’s permitting process by years,” said Johnson. “The slow, laborious process disincentivizes investments and expansion in our economy. There is no need for the process to be on paper – we must bring these environment

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