Ohio

Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:

  1. Roads
  2. Bridges
  3. Drinking Water

Key Infrastructure Facts

  • 27% of Ohio’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
  • There are 375 high hazard dams in Ohio. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
  • 524 of Ohio’s 1,597 dams are in need of rehabilitation to meet applicable state dam safety standards.
  • 57% of high hazard dams in Ohio 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.
  • Ohio’s drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $9.68 billion over the next 20 years.
  • Ohio ranked 5th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 3rd in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
  • Ohio’s ports handled 124 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it 6th in the nation.
  • Ohio reported an unmet need of $3.3 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
  • 25% of Ohio’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
  • 45% of Ohio’s major urban highways are congested.
  • Vehicle travel on Ohio’s highways increased 27% from 1990 to 2007.
  • Ohio has $11.16 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs.

Sources

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

 
Deficient Bridge Report, Federal Highway Administration, 2008.
National Inventory of Dams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008.
Drinking Water Needs Survey and Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency, 2003.
National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report, Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.
The U.S. Waterway System – Transportation Facts, Navigation Data Center, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, February 2007.
2007 Annual Report, Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program, National Park Service.
TRIP Fact Sheet, March 2009.
Clean Water Needs Survey, Environmental Protection Agency, 2004.

Other resources:
Ohio Report Card