It's past 12 AM ET, which means the FAST Act has expired and there are no new appropriated funds for the Highway Trust Fund. There will now be a partial shutdown of @USDOT including almost a complete shutdown of FHWA. What does this mean? (a thread)
For FHWA: All Federal-aid highway programs will cease operations. No FY 2022 funding will be authorized for states. FHWA has no authority to reimburse states, Tribes or territories for any expenses for planning, preliminary engineering or construction incurred starting today.
2500+ FHWA employees will likely be furloughed by noon tomorrow, the bulk of the 3500+ that has been mentioned. These employees will now need to wait out these political games to see if they need to report for work Monday or how long they will go without pay.
The rest of the impacts can be seen at the document linked below for those agencies that rely on Highway Trust Fund $. But make no mistake, this was completely avoidable as the #IIJA has funding for all of it. I'll say it again: shame on @USProgressives.
transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/…
transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/…
And by noon tomorrow - I mean today. It's late here on the East Coast. Let's all hope @USProgressives come to their senses and end this shutdown quickly by passing the #IIJA first thing tomorrow.
Ugh - today. It's late, as I said.
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