Ed. Note: Cross posted from the Department of Transportation’s Fast Lane blog
Work on the new air traffic control tower at Oakland International Airport must halt. (Photo by Chris Saulit)
Because Congress failed to pass legislation giving the Federal Aviation Administration the necessary operating authority, FAA employees have been furloughed, construction workers have been sent home from their jobs, and communities are being hurt.
Dozens of stop work orders have been issued for construction on major projects to build and modernize air traffic control towers and other airport and aviation infrastructure across the country.
Already this morning, Paul Scariano, Inc., the contractor on a tower demolition project at La Guardia Airport, had to turn away 40 workers. "It wasn't easy telling them we've been shut down because of a fiscal situation in Washington," said supervisor Lucca Toscano. "Some of these guys just got back to work after a long time, and their benefits have all expired. So for them this is like running into a brick wall, and they're asking me, 'How do we explain this to our families?' I don't know what to say to them."
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/25/congressional-inaction-halts-aviation-projects-across-us
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