Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/aviation-infrastructure-investment-included-in-moving-forward-act/">Aviation Infrastructure Investment Included in Moving Forward ActAviation Infrastructure Investment Included in Moving Forward Act
June 26, 2020
Under much anticipation, the House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, increased the authorization of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) from $3.35 billion to $4 billion annually to make much needed improvement in our nation’s airport infrastructure. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave our nation’s aviation system a “D,” and identified a 10-year funding......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/democrats-infrastructure-bill-includes-investment-in-energy-and-parks/">Democrats’ Infrastructure Bill Includes Investment in Energy and ParksDemocrats’ Infrastructure Bill Includes Investment in Energy and Parks
June 25, 2020
House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, includes $70 billion for upgrading the nation’s energy infrastructure, promotes renewable energy, and invests in local parks and green stormwater management infrastructure. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave our nation’s energy and public parks categories each a grade of “D+,” and it found the 10-year investment gap......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/rhode-islands-infrastructure-gets-a-c-in-its-states-first-infrastructure-report-card/">Rhode Island’s Infrastructure Gets a ‘C-’ in its State’s First Infrastructure Report CardRhode Island’s Infrastructure Gets a ‘C-’ in its State’s First Infrastructure Report Card
June 24, 2020
The Rhode Island Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the inaugural 2020 Report Card for Rhode Island’s Infrastructure this morning in a virtual news conference, Speakers included Chad Morrison, P.E., 2020 ASCE Rhode Island President-Elect; Nazifa Sarawat, E.I.T., Chair, 2020 Report Card for Rhode Island’s Infrastructure; Mayor James Diossa of Central......
June 24, 2020
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) today released COVID-19’s Impacts on America’s Infrastructure, a status report on the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effects on the nation’s critical, yet aging and underinvested airports, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, inland waterways, parks, ports, roads, schools, transit and wastewater infrastructure. The report provides a snapshot of these sectors,......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/public-school-investment-included-in-moving-forward-act/">Public School Investment Included in Moving Forward ActPublic School Investment Included in Moving Forward Act
June 24, 2020
House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, includes the text of the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act which would authorize $130 billion over five years to fund infrastructure improvements for the Nation’s public schools. The Act would prioritize high-poverty schools with targeted funding for inadequate facilities that endanger the health and safety of......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/water-ports-and-resilience-investment-included-in-moving-forward-act/">Water, Ports, and Resilience Investment Included in Moving Forward ActWater, Ports, and Resilience Investment Included in Moving Forward Act
June 23, 2020
House Democrats’ infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, contains $40 billion for wastewater infrastructure and $25 billion for drinking water infrastructure. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave our nation’s wastewater a grade of “D+,” and our nation’s drinking water a grade of “D,” and by 2025, the disparity between needed and anticipated funding for drinking......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/financing-tools-and-highway-trust-fund-included-in-moving-forward-act/">Financing Tools and Highway Trust Fund Included in Moving Forward ActFinancing Tools and Highway Trust Fund Included in Moving Forward Act
June 22, 2020
After last week’s marathon markup of the INVEST in America Act, House Democrats on Monday unveiled the Moving Forward Act. This legislation takes a comprehensive approach to infrastructure investment and mirrors the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card to include surface transportation, aviation, water, schools, rail, energy, and public park infrastructure investment. In addition to providing policy......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/civil-engineers-urge-bipartisanship-in-infrastructure-legislation-respond-to-house-ti-committees-invest-in-america-act-passage/">Civil Engineers Urge Bipartisanship in Infrastructure Legislation, Respond to House T&I Committee’s INVEST in America Act PassageJune 19, 2020
The following is a statement by K.N. Gunalan “Guna,” Ph.D., P.E., President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in response to the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s passage of 2020 surface transportation reauthorization, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act: “We are encouraged......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-transportation-and-infrastructure-committee-passes-surface-transportation-reauthorization-bill/">House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Surface Transportation Reauthorization BillHouse Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
June 19, 2020
With the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act set to expire on September 30, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked up and passed the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act this week. The five-year reauthorization provides $494 billion in direct investments for our......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/senate-passes-historic-parks-infrastructure-legislation/">Senate Passes Historic Parks Infrastructure LegislationSenate Passes Historic Parks Infrastructure Legislation
June 17, 2020
Our nation’s parks infrastructure had a victory this week with Senate passage (73 – 25) of the Great American Outdoors Act, S. 3422. This win would not have been possible without the incredible advocacy of our Key Contacts, who sent 350 emails to 78 Senate offices! ASCE supports passage of this legislation as a critical......