Work on the new air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport has stopped after Congress failed to pass legislation Friday to fund the Federal Aviation Administration.
Federal officials issued stop-work orders on projects across the country, and nearly 4,000 FAA personnel were furloughed Sunday.
The new control tower at McCarran was to replace the old one, which was built in 1983 and isn’t large enough to meet the airport’s needs as Las Vegas has grown, officials said.
“It’s one of our most high priority, important tower projects and … people are not working on that project today,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a conference call with reporters Monday. “It’s a critical, critical project for our whole air traffic control system.”...
According to Project Manager Sahara Milosavljevich the costs of having construction equipment sitting around is running about $8,500 a day for the FAA. That's funding from taxpayers.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/25/work-mccarran-control-tower-halted/http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/15141142/fares-raised-workers-furloughed-during-faa-dispute
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