List of Federal Lands Construction Affected By Senator Tough Shit

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot3610.htm
DOT 36-10
Monday, March 1, 2010
Contact: 202-366-4570
USDOT Furloughs to Shut Down Critical Construction Projects
Secretary LaHood Denounces Political Games During Tough Economic Times

The Department of Transportation will furlough nearly 2,000 employees without pay Monday, temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars, national anti-drunk driving efforts, and multi-million dollar construction projects across the country.

The action comes as a result of Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning’s decision to block key legislation that would have extended several critical priorities for middle class families. That legislation covered tax credits for COBRA health coverage, unemployment insurance for 400,000 people, as well as the short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund. The Fund supports all surface transportation programs for the nation – highways, bridges, transit and safety inspections, as well as efforts to encourage seat belt use and to fight distracted and impaired driving.

“As American families are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that political games are putting a stop to important construction projects around the country,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This means that construction workers will be sent home from job sites because federal inspectors must be furloughed.”

Because of the shutdown, federal inspectors will be removed from critical construction projects, forcing work to come to a halt on federal lands. Projects span the country, including the $36 million replacement of the Humpback Bridge on the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, $15 million in bridge construction and stream rehabilitation in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, and the $8 million resurfacing of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. A full list of the FHWA construction projects affected by the furlough is below.

At the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the furloughs will disrupt safety programs that operate in partnership with the states and advocacy groups, such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The programs are designed to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities totaling 37,000 a year in areas including distracted driving, child passenger safety and motorcycle safety. Activities affected include national media and enforcement campaigns such as “Click It or Ticket,” and “Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest.”

Assistance to consumers whose goods are held hostage by rogue moving companies will be unavailable during this period. And work addressing texting while driving for commercial truck and bus drivers, electronic on-board recorders and hours of service will also be suspended.

Employees at the Department of Transportation should report for work Monday morning as they normally would unless given specific alternate instructions. Furloughs will affect employees funded by the Highway Trust Fund at the following agencies: the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

Employees may find more information about the furloughs and when they will be able to return to work at www.dot.gov, as well as Secretary LaHood’s blog, Fast Lane, at www.fastlane.dot.gov. Information will also be available at Secretary LaHood’s twitter account, www.twitter.com/RayLaHood, and at his facebook page, www.facebook.com/sec.lahood.


Alaska


Tongass National Forest road clean up


$1,100,000

Alaska


Coffman Cove Dock construction


$885,000

Arizona


Coronado National Monument main park entrance


$1,500,000

Arkansas


East Fly Gap and Gunner Pool Roads landslides restoration


$923,000

California


Sequoia National Park main entrance


$15,000,000

California


South Fork Smith River


$13,800,000

California


Golden Gate National Recreation Area road construction


$8,700,000

District of Columbia


9th Street Bridge replacement


$50,000,000

Georgia


Chicakamauga & Chattanogga National Military Park constrution


$634,000

Idaho


Salmon River Road Nez Perce National Forest consctruction


$20,133,000

Idaho


Little Salmon River Bridge Nez Perce National Forest intersection


$3,800,000

Idaho


Fernan Lakes Idaho Panhandle National Forest


$14,600,000

Illinois


McRraven Road reconstruction


$1,100,000

Maryland


Great Falls Park entrance road construction


$3,100,000

Maryland


Piscataway National Park erosion and slope damage repair


$89,000

Mississippi


Natchez Trace Parkway resurfacing


$8,100,000

Mississippi




Natchez Trace Parkway trail construction (Ridgeland County)




5,600,000

Mississippi


Vicksburg National Military Park road rehabilitation and resurfacing


$5,000,000

Mississippi


Natchez Trace Parkway trail construction (Madison County)


$4,700,000

New Mexico


Carlsbad Caverns National Monument roadway rehabilitation


$9,000,000

North Carolina


Newfound Gap road rehabilitation


$9,900,000

North Carolina


Blue Ridge Parkway reconstruction and resurfacing


$6,000,000

North Carolina


Goshen Creek Bridge replacement


$3,000,000

Ohio


Fitzwater Road bridges replacement


$4,400,000

Oregon


Beaver Creek Road Ochoco National Forest


$6,200,000

South Carolina


Ft. Sumter Historic Site entrance road and parking area rehabilitation


$262,000

Tennessee


Cades Cove Loop Road rehabilitation


$6,700,000

Tennessee


Shilo National Park tour roads and parking area rehabilitation


$3,000,000

Tennessee


Catossa Wildlife Management Area bridge replacement


$1,000,000

Utah


Bear River Access Road


$13,800,000

Virginia/DC


George Washington Parkway Humpback Bridge replacement


$36,000,000

Virginia


Blue Ridge Parkway reconstruction and resurfacing


$12,000,000

Virginia


Petersburg Park tour road relocation


$1,500,000

Puerto Rico


Vieques National Wildlife Refuge road and bridge reconstruction


$6,000,000

Puerto Rico


El Yonque National Forest slide repair


$3,000,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


Christiansted Bypass construction


$14,000,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


Centerline Road reconstruction


$9,000,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


St. John roundabout construction


$7,200,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


Long Bay Road reconstruction


$5,500,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


University of Virgin Island sidewalk construction


$988,000

U.S. Virgin Islands


North Shore Road reconstruction


$448,000

[FSogol]

1. Starting and stopping a construction project increases the costs.

Someone needs to put that number together and hold Sen. Bunning (R-Jackass) accountable.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Typical Republicon FAIL strategery

If you want something to FAIL, get a republicon homelander into the mix...it's infallible with the Wide-Stance Party of NO.

[closeupready]

3. Hey, tough shit.

That's the way it goes. :sarcasm: