2017 Infrastructure Report Card

For nearly 20 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers has been releasing its
quadrennial Infrastructure Report Card. Its message is starting to take hold: public opinion
surveys regularly show that Americans recognize the need to repair our nation’s aging and
deteriorating infrastructure.

Yet we are still not investing in infrastructure to the level it requires and warrants as the
backbone of our economy. Notably, public officials are talking about the need to improve our
infrastructure more regularly, even making campaign promises. But they have yet to follow
through in a grade-changing way. Failure to act to rebuild America’s infrastructure costs
every American family $3,400 a year, and the cost and consequences to our economy are
significant.

ASCE represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide who are the stewards of
infrastructure. We design, build, and maintain it. We are also natural problem solvers. That is
why the Report Card not only defines the problems facing our nation’s infrastructure; it also
offers solutions.

Find the full report here