Hate to tell you, but there are a lot more contractors than actual federal employees living in the DC area, and the government can kiss my ass before I start working 2nd shift. The DC area is large and growing, and large transportation projects are what happens in large, growing areas. Additionally, the general point of having government employees work in Washington is to have them available in whatever capacity they function, which would be pointless if you have them work when people aren't working. Otherwise, you might as well locate the office in Wyoming.

Not to mention, there is a push to move work to outlying areas, as you should know, with the Army moving a lot of work south to Fort Belvoir.

BTW, that should be Monday through *Thursday*, as anyone who lives here knows that many of the govvies and contractors work the 9/80 schedule which gives them alternating Fridays off, lightening traffic considerably.

Also, if you think the Springfield mixing bowl was a big deal, that's got nothing on Boston's "big dig".