In order to pay for the increased costs due to hurricane Katrina the Nevada senator has introduced a bill to cut down more than $46 million from federal funding. More than seven road projects would be affected due to this including the $296.4 billion highway-spending bill approved by president Bush. The bill also calls for 5% cut in federal spending next year.

The cut would stop salary raise for the federal employees and the benefits from Medicare could be delayed for next two years. The Las Vegas Valley road projects that would suffer a setback are – $ 10 million each for the construction of Las Vegas Beltway interchange involving I-15 and U.S Highway 95, $6.4 million for widening Rainbow Boulevard to Kyle Canyon, The Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada FAST system would lose $5 million assigned to it for monitoring equipment, traffic camera and smart signs, Boulder Highway Bus Rapid Transit System would lose $1.7 million, that would be utilized to purchase vehicles and other related equipments.

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