Home/American Shipper/DOT to slow down state highway payments to cover shortfall American Shipper DOT to slow down state highway payments to cover shortfall FreightWaves Staff · Wednesday, July 02, 2014 Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn President Obama, in a speech at the Key Bridge connecting Washington, D.C., and Virginia, said “700,000 jobs could be at risk next year” if states have to scale back road and transit modernization projects because of the funding shortfall.