New Jersey Infrastructure Overview
While the nation’s infrastructure earned a C in the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, New Jersey faces infrastructure challenges of its own. For example, driving on roads in need of repair in New Jersey costs each driver $713 per year, and 7.8% of bridges are rated structurally deficient. Drinking water needs in New Jersey are an estimated $8.6 billion. 229 dams are considered to be high-hazard potential. The state’s schools have an estimated capital expenditure gap of $1.58 billion. This deteriorating infrastructure impedes New Jersey’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, New Jersey, and families can no longer afford.
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New Jersey recorded 159 million passenger trips across 34 systems in 2021.
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Aviation
$29.1 million in 2024 airport improvement grants across 4 major airports
Drinking Water
$12.3 billion total drinking water need
Transit
219 million passenger trips across 32 systems in 2023
Bridges
6,827 bridges, 6% of which were structurally deficient in 2024
Hazardous Waste
153 Superfund sites
Wastewater
$11.7 billion total wastewater need
Dams
231 high hazard dams
Levees
99 miles of levees protect 21,100 residents
Roads
22% of roads are in poor or fair condition
IIJA Grants
for Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Highlands
for Route 7 drainage improvements
for dam removal on the Musconetcong River
for the Billybey Ferry Company
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