Virginia

Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:

  1. Roads
  2. Bridges
  3. Mass Transit

Key Infrastructure Facts

  • 26% of Virginia’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
  • There are 143 high hazard dams in Virginia. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
  • 125 of Virginia’s 1,678 dams are in need of rehabilitation to meet applicable state dam safety standards.
  • 15% of high hazard dams in Virginia 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.
  • Virginia’s drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $2.87 billion over the next 20 years.
  • Virginia ranked 29th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 20th in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
  • Virginia’s ports handled 60 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it 17th in the nation.
  • Virginia reported an unmet need of $1 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
  • 23% of Virginia’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
  • 33% of Virginia’s major urban highways are congested.
  • Vehicle travel on Virginia’s highways increased by 36% from 1990 to 2007.
  • Virginia has $4.74 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:
Report Card on Virginia's Infrastructure

Hampton Roads Transportation Report Card