Hundreds of Businesses, Non-Profits Call on Congress to Expedite Federal Infrastructure Permits

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with 350 business organizations, have called on Congress to modernize America’s permitting processes to make way for building the infrastructure of the future.
In a letter addressed to congressional leaders, the group expressed their frustration with the outdated, inefficient, and unpredictable permitting process that has hindered the development of both public and private sector infrastructure projects.
Federal permitting, on average, takes between 4.5 and 7.5 years, according to the group’s estimates. 
“Today, the single biggest obstacle to building the infrastructure of the future is a broken permitting system,” the letter stated. “We are calling on Congress to ‘Permit America to Build’ by enacting meaningful, durable legislation to modernize America’s permitting processes before the end of the summer.”…}