NTIA Continuing Work on Permit Streamlining

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16, 2024 – The NTIA’s top permitting officer gave some updates Tuesday on the agency’s efforts to smooth over permitting snags ahead of the flood of upcoming broadband deployment projects.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has been working for the last year to minimize permitting friction for projects funded by the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

NTIA has simplified some environmental and historical review processes for the program, but there’s still a myriad of federal, state, and local permits, plus pole access and public or private rights-of-way, that a provider might need before breaking ground.