Vulcan Materials' management indicates that a Continuing Resolution is unlikely to disrupt public funding, with current spending levels maintained and IIJA carryover providing liquidity. They expect highway and public infrastructure spending to remain healthy, aided by state budgets and other funding sources, even as the CR timeline remains uncertain and August recess work continues.
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What did management say about Public funding under CR?
Management indicated that a continuing resolution should not disrupt “public” funding or materially change the near-term public infrastructure demand picture—because a CR effectively continues federal spending at current levels and (in their view) there is meaningful carryover from IIJA.
Management’s core message is that under a CR, federal highway/public infrastructure spending should remain steady rather than fall, because (1) the CR continues spending at current levels, (2) IIJA carryover provides liquidity/stability, and (3) state/local budgets and other funding channels reduce reliance on any single federal timing outcome. 1 2 4
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