US Congress not expected to help ailing airports
The US’s ailing airports should not expect any help from Congress in solving multi-billion dollars in the near future, says a Nevada Congressman.
That was the message from Rep. Shelley Berkley, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“I’m afraid I haven’t got many solutions to the issues that are facing us,” Berkley told the audience during a private conference. â€The issue is a lack of funding from the federal government.”
Among the problems facing officials at Las Vegas International Airport and others across the country are the expected fallout of new passenger identification requirements, a perceived shortage of federal airport security workers and the cost of upgrading baggage screening hardware.
Rep. Berkley said the impending presidential election, summer vacation and the transition to a new administration in January make it unlikely Congress will approve much in the way of major legislation, transportation-related or otherwise.
That makes it difficult to fund proposals to increase the number of workers in the Transportation Security Administration, to upgrade baggage screening procedures and other improvements, she said.
Report by David Wilkening
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