Texas Airport Furloughs Delay Construction, but Not Operations
A weeklong partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration has delayed airport construction projects in Houston and Abilene.
Because Congress cannot agree on a funding extension for the agency that oversees air travel in the U.S., on July 23, some 4,000 employees — 267 in Texas — who oversaw construction and grants at airports across the country were furloughed.
At Bush Intercontinental Airport, which laid off 75 construction workers in addition to those furloughed, work on a $25 million Terminal Radar Approach Control has been suspended.
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