AGC Alerts Federal and State Officials to Highway Paint Shortage

AGC alerted federal and state officials late last week to growing shortages of highway paint and has begun working to address the situation.  As the New York Times notes in its story, and ABC News notes in its story, we have been meeting with state DOTs and the Federal Highway Administration to make sure the shortages do not cause delays in needed highway construction projects. Already states like Texas have announced that they will use their limited stockpiles of paint to add lane marking to newly completed construction projects and will temporarily forgo touching up lane markings already in place.  Since highway projects aren't technically finished until the lanes are painted, we're also working to make sure contractors aren't penalized if they finish work but the lanes can't be painted on time. Engineering News-Record made the paint shortage it's cover story. The news was also covered by CNN Money, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, NPR, ABC World News, Dayton Daily News and Wisconsin State Journal.