Highway construction could come to a screeching halt this summer due to a shortage of paint.Road crews have been complaining to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) that they can't start projects or finish current ones because there isn't enough paint for road stripes, said a rep for the trade association.
"It's not like this is Home Depot, with stacks of stockpiled paint," said AGC spokesman Brian Turmail. "A lot of paint producers are distributing only 50% of what they did last year."
"Depending who you speak with, this could be an eight-week problem, or a six-month one," he added. "We're hoping for the former but preparing for the latter."
And typically, if the paint isn't down, the job isn't done, and the contractor can't get paid.
OMG, are you kidding me! You can't make this stuff up and it just keeps getting better and better. What next?
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