Delaware Infrastructure Overview
While the nation’s infrastructure earned a C in the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, Delaware faces infrastructure challenges of its own. For example, driving on roads in need of repair in Delaware costs each driver $456 per year, and 3.2% of bridges are rated structurally deficient. Drinking water needs in Delaware are an estimated $806 million. 63 dams are considered to be high-hazard potential. The state’s schools have an estimated capital expenditure gap of $102 million. This deteriorating infrastructure impedes Delaware’s ability to compete in an increasingly global marketplace. Success in a 21st-century economy requires serious, sustained leadership on infrastructure investment at all levels of government. Delaying these investments only escalates the cost and risks of an aging infrastructure system, an option that the country, Delaware, and families can no longer afford.
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Delaware has nearly $2 billion in drinking water needs.
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Aviation
$9 million in 2024 airport improvement grants across 2 major airports
Drinking Water
$1.8 billion total drinking water need
Transit
8.3 million passenger trips in 2 system in 2023
Bridges
872 bridges, 1.3% of which were structurally deficient in 2024
Hazardous Waste
26 Superfund sites
Wastewater
$1.1 billion total wastewater need
Dams
57 high hazard dams
Levees
9 miles of levees protect 170 residents
Roads
36% of roads are in poor or fair condition
IIJA Grants
for Indian River Inlet & Bay in Sussex
for buses and facilities to Delaware Transit Corporation
for Delaware River navigation in New Castle and Kent Counties
for Delaware Coastal Airport
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