The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking comments on a new information collection for the Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program offers funding to state transportation departments for bridge projects in certain states with low population density and specific bridge conditions. The FHWA estimates that each application will take around 100 hours to complete and that the total annual burden for all respondents will be about 3,780 hours. Comments are invited on the necessity of the collection, accuracy of estimated burdens, and ways to minimize the burden while maintaining data quality, with a deadline for comments set for January 30, 2025.
Simple Explanation
The Federal Highway Administration wants to collect information from states about bridge projects to decide which ones to fund. They are asking people to share thoughts on this plan, especially about how much work it will take to fill out the forms and how they can make it easier, by January 30, 2025.