Introduction to ROW Permitting

ROW Permitting can be used to collect and organize permit applications, coordinate the permit review process, gather feedback during permit review, and share approved permits with internal and external stakeholders.

Right-of-way (ROW) is the area on, below, or above a public roadway or waterway in which a public entity has an interest. The roads or streets contained within the public right-of-way facilitate the movement of people and the delivery of goods and services throughout a community. To protect these critical assets, state and local governments have implemented permitting requirements to ensure that work is done in accordance with standard specifications and public infrastructure is not compromised. These permits also ensure that disturbed areas are restored to their original condition, or better. Understanding where construction within the ROW is planned helps governments coordinate improvements and prevents duplicative work that causes roads to rapidly deteriorate. It also minimizes travel disruptions and public frustration.

The ROW Permitting solution delivers a set of capabilities that help state and local governments collect and organize permit applications, coordinate the permit review process, gather feedback during permit review, and share approved permits with internal and external stakeholders.

Deploy the solution

This ArcGIS solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.

Deploy the solution

See Deploying a solution for more information.

Requirements

ROW Permitting requires the following:

  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS Hub Premium
  • ArcGIS Survey123 Connect

Information products

ROW Permitting includes the following information products:

ItemDescriptionMinimum user type

ROW Permitting

An ArcGIS Hub site used by contractors and the general public to apply for right-of-way permits and view approved and pending permits.

Not Required

My ROW Permits

An ArcGIS Dashboards app used by permit applicants to track and update their permit applications.

Community Identity

ROW Permit Dashboard

An ArcGIS Dashboards app used by permit coordinators to monitor right-of-way permits.

Viewer

ROW Permit Manager

A Crowdsource Manager app used by permit coordinators to review right-of-way permit applications and move them through the permitting process.

Editor

ROW Permit Application

An ArcGIS Survey123 form used by contractors and the general public to submit right-of-way permit applications.

Community Identity

ROW Permit Locator

A Nearby app used by the general public and other interested parties to locate pending and approved right-of-way permits in their community.

Not required

ROW Permit Comment

A Crowdsource Polling app used by internal reviewers to review permit applications and comment on proposed construction activity.

Editor

ROW Permit Public Comment

A Crowdsource Polling app used by the general public and interested parties to review permit applications and comment on proposed construction activity.

Not required

ROW Permit Field Inspections

An ArcGIS Field Maps map used by permit inspectors to document their inspection observations the field.

Editor

ROW Permit Inspections

An ArcGIS Workforce project used by permit coordinators to organize and manage inspection assignments.

Editor

ROW Permit Notebook

An ArcGIS Notebooks app used to send email updates when a permit's status changes.

Editor

When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get an ArcGIS solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The ArcGIS solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.

Release notes

The following are the release notes:

VersionDescription
2.0 (Nov 2022)
  • A new ROW Permit Application site designed to help permit applicants create community identities, apply for permits, and track permit status.
  • A new My ROW Permits dashboard that can be used by permit applicants to view and update their permits.
  • A new ROW Permit Inspections ArcGIS Workforce project that can be used to organize and manage inspection assignments.
  • A new ROW Permit Field Inspections field map to document field inspections and observations.
  • A new ROW Permit Notebook app that can be used to provide email updates to permit applicants and reviewers as permit status changes.
  • An updated ROW Permit Manager app that provides information regarding spatiotemporal conflicts for requested permits.
  • An updated ROW Permit Application form which can be used to collect permit areas and streamlines the request process by remembering previous applicant information.
1.0 (Nov 2020)