A chunk of land within Southern Nevada that’s bigger than the size of the city of Henderson could potentially be available for infill commercial and residential development, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. said at a recent panel on public lands in the region.

“The Las Vegas metro currently has over 82,000 acres of underutilized land that could be used for infill development and affordable housing,” said Titus, citing a recent report from the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.

But the biggest barrier to accessing most of this land is the federal government, said Titus and Tina Frias, chief executive officer for the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, on the Tuesday panel.

Clark County previously confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the federal government

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