Last month, the American Society of Civil Engineers issued its Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which it does every four years. The cumulative grade-point average, across 16 infrastructure categories is D+. This actually represents an improvement from 2009.
The GPA has languished in the D range since 1998 because we haven’t maintained or invested enough money in these systems. If you thought your tax dollars were being wasted on federal stimulus projects, you should know the grade four years ago was a D.