The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy seeks to limit the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) projects in comments it filed on the Transportation Department’s April 3rd request for information (RFI) regarding Regulatory Review and Reform. The comment letter is based on comments received at the Office of Advocacy’s April 14th small business roundtable soliciting thoughts about the RFI. Specifically, recommendation 33 on page 24 of the comment letter states “FTA and FHWA should limit the use of PLAs and allow them on a federal-aid project when the state or local transportation agency has meaningfully collaborated with leading industry groups and labor on its terms.”
