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Contractors tell Transportation and Infrastructure: House Committee judicial challenges delay permits, chill investment
Summary
Speakers at a Transportation and Infrastructure: House Committee meeting said late-filed legal challenges to permits and broad judicial review lengthen projects, raise risk and make companies more conservative about future infrastructure investments. No formal actions or votes were recorded.
Contractors addressing the Transportation and Infrastructure: House Committee said that last-minute legal challenges to permits and broad judicial review can delay projects, increase costs and reduce companies' willingness to invest in future infrastructure work.
The issue arose early in the committee discussion when Commenter 1 asked whether clarifying regulations or strengthening state authority would be the single most useful change; Commenter 2 replied that state authority and limits on judicial review were the priorities. "So states' rights, yes... I would also add judicial review, limiting judicial review. We are fully on board with complying, but we need resolution," Commenter 2 said.
Why it matters: contractors described a pattern in which…
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