The phrase "authorising construction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to granting permission or approval for building or development projects.
Example: "The city council is responsible for authorising construction on new residential developments."
Alternatives: "approving construction" or "granting construction permission".
As a result the Government of South Australia passed an 1876 private act, authorising construction of Adelaide's first horse tram network.
As early as 1639, Davenant had obtained a royal patent authorising construction of a large new public theatre with technology that would allow such effects and accommodate music, scenery, and dancing.
In 1972, the Hong Kong government authorised construction of the Initial System, a 20 km system that roughly translates to the Kwun Tong Line of today.
EXACTLY 56 years after Dwight Eisenhower signed into law a bill authorising the construction of an interstate-highway network, Congress passed a transport bill on June 29th.
Ministers say the payments, which will apply only to those living in rural areas and will be available if and when the legislation authorising the construction of HS2 is passed by Parliament, will enable people to "share early in the benefit of the railway".
Until 1907 all horse tram operations were by private companies, with the government passing legislation authorising line construction.
The bill became an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1772, authorising the construction of a canal to run "from the River Dee, within the liberties of the city of Chester, to or near Middlewich and Nantwich".
In 2003, President Bush authorised the construction of a $500m building near the Washington Monument as the site of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, to be run by Lonnie Bunch, the former director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian.
The Israeli defence ministry today authorised further construction in a Jewish settlement on the occupied West Bank.
Brazil's president, Dilma Vana Rousseff, has authorised the construction of a dam that will flood their homeland.
On November 18th the Senate narrowly failed (59 votes to 41, 60 being required) to pass a bill that would have authorised its construction.
