Increased federal spending in recent years has helped improve ports, roads, parks, public crossing and US dams, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
But this progress may be able to stagnate if these investments are not suspended, some of which were suspended after President Trump took over in January.
total, The group gave the infrastructure of the nation aA modest classification, but the best of the country since the first group report card in 1998. Most infrastructure, including aviation, waterways, and schools, got a C or D; The ports and railways were better. The group also expected a shortage of infrastructure financing of $ 3.7 trillion over the next decade.
“The report card clarifies the decisive need for the new administration and the Congress to continue the continuous investment in the infrastructure,” said Darren Olson, Chairman of the American Infrastructure Association Committee, at an invitation with the correspondents. “The best infrastructure is an effective investment of taxpayers dollars that leads to a stronger economy and gives priority to American jobs.”
The report, which is now released every four years, has long noticed that the United States is spending very little on the infrastructure. However, this began to change in 2021, thanks to the Investment and Infrastructure Law, which authorized $ 1.2 trillion of financing under President Joseph R. Biden Junior, the investment shows results, as the grades have improved since the last report, in 2021, over the half -category of the group.
But in January, Mr. Trump froze a lot of funding under this law and another aimed at addressing climate change, pending the review of his agencies. Which – which I stopped a variety of programsIncluding those that aim to help schools, farmers and small companies.
The engineering group expressed its optimism that federal spending will eventually continue because it benefited from most Americans and enjoyed partisan support.
“The investment levels that we saw in accordance with the last administration have already started moving the needle, and we look forward to the progress of this conversation while moving to this administration,” said Christina Solo, the former group president, said.
The ports of the nation have received the highest degree of any form of infrastructure, AB, indicating that they are generally safe, reliable and in good condition. RAIL AB received a decrease from B in 2021.
The bridges, broadband, drinking water systems, processing dangerous waste, internal waterways, public parks and solid waste are received from C+, C or C -, dedicated to infrastructure that are in modest and need attention. The dams, dams, roads, schools, infrastructure, energy, storm water, crossing and wastewater are received from D+ or D, which indicates that they are in a bad condition.
Some aviation infrastructure is widely old, and the Federal Aviation Administration has faced a shortage of air traffic monitors for years. Energy was the only category alongside the railway that received a degree of decline, to D+. The group said that the power stations and other electrical sources have failed to keep pace with the increasing demand of electric cars and artificial intelligence.
“Each center uses the same amount of energy necessary to operate 80,000 homes,” said Otto Lynch, the engineer who led the energy separation in the report. “Our ability to generate the generation has been stagnant because new sources are just replacing sources such as coal that have been retired in recent years.”
