Mississippi

Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:

1. Roads
2. Bridges
3. Schools

Key Infrastructure Facts

• 25% of Mississippi’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
• There are 265 high hazard dams in Mississippi. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
• 35 of Mississippi’s 3,717 dams are in need of rehabilitation to meet applicable state dam safety standards.
• 73% of high hazard dams in Mississippi have no emergency action plan (EAP). An EAP is a predetermined plan of action to be taken including roles, responsibilities and procedures for surveillance, notification and evacuation to reduce the potential for loss of life and property damage in an area affected by a failure or mis-operation of a dam.
• Mississippi’s drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $1.65 billion over the next 20 years.
• Mississippi ranked 4th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 31st in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
• Mississippi’s ports handled 44 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it 21st in the nation.
• Mississippi reported an unmet need of $9.2 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
• 40% of Mississippi’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
• 28% of Mississippi’s major urban highways.
• Vehicle travel on Mississippi’s highways increased by 78 percent from 1990 to 2007.
• Mississippi has $993 million in wastewater infrastructure needs.

Sources

*Survey of the state’s ASCE members conducted in September 2008