Wisconsin

Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:

1. Roads
2. Drinking Water
3. Schools

Key Infrastructure Facts

• 16% of Wisconsin’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
• There are 189 high hazard dams in Wisconsin. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
• 13 of Wisconsin’s 3,653 dams are in need of rehabilitation to meet applicable state dam safety standards.
• 55% of high hazard dams in Wisconsin 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.
• Wisconsin’s drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $5.94 billion over the next 20 years.
• Wisconsin ranked 17^th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 10^th in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
• Wisconsin’s ports handled 44 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it 20^th in the nation.
• Wisconsin reported an unmet need of $28.5 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
• 30% of Wisconsin’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
• 25% of Wisconsin’s major urban highways are congested.
• Vehicle travel on Wisconsin’s highways increased by 34% from 1990 to 2007.
• Wisconsin has $3.66 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs.

Sources

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

Other resources:
Wisconsin Report Card