On February 18 at the Austin Capitol Building, ASCE members released the 2025 Report Card for Texas Infrastructure. The press conference featured updates to the state’s 2021 Report Card.
Texas Infrastructure Report Card Adds Four Categories and Updates Energy Analysis
The new document adds four additional infrastructure categories (broadband, hazardous waste, ports, and rail) and expands the scope of ASCE’s energy chapter. Starting with the Texas energy chapter and national energy chapter releasing on March 25th, ASCE report cards will analyze all three interdependent phases of that system: generation, transmission, and distribution. In the past, the energy chapter has focused on long-distance and last-mile electrical lines in those “T&D” networks.
Of the 16 Texas categories, two (aviation and roads) saw grade increases, while six (drinking water, energy, levees, solid waste, transit, and wastewater) saw grade decreases compared to the 2021 report.
An influx of funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and state and local initiatives have helped improve or maintain conditions in the transportation sector, as aviation (B) and roads (C-) were the only two grades to improve, while bridges (B-) remains one of the highest-performing categories.
Drinking water (D+, down from C- in 2021), stormwater (C-), and wastewater (D-, down from D in 2021) are struggling to meet demands as systems age and funding fails to match current and future needs. Winter storms in early 2021 caused 40% of water utilities to issue boil water notices.
Texas Engineers Recommend Changes to Improve Infrastructure
The 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card recommendations to raise the grades, include:
- Continue investments in Texas infrastructure by appropriating funding and revenues to their respective source, injecting funding through grant programs and low interest loans, adopting appropriate fees with periodic review for rate adjustments, and by investing in research and advancement of technology for efficiency.
- Drive sound policy and standards that ensure safety, efficiency, and reliability for projects across all categories.
- Continue reviews and modernization of engineering standards that incorporate innovation, minimize risks and minimize vulnerabilities to our infrastructure networks.
- Prioritize asset management and planning, which allows owners to plan, manage, and optimize investments, and allocate resources effectively.
ASCE thanks each infrastructure professional for contributing to the 2025 Report Card for Texas Infrastructure, and we’re excited to support their advocacy moving forward:
Committee Chairs
- Griselda Gonzales
- Austin Messerli
Support for Reviews, Release, Marketing, and Logistics
- Travis Attanasio
- Russell Carter
- Kimberly Cornett
- Kim Garcia
- Jenni Peters
- Andres Salazar
Authors/Contributors
Category leads are listed below in bold.
Aviation
- Jason Frank
- Craig Covil
- Janet Durrin
Bridges
- Marcelo DaSilva
- Sumanth Cheruku
- Michael Hrncir
- Yan Linwood
- Anna Olveda
- Arish Sajwani
- David Pretorius
Broadband
- Sean Droptini
- Ed Barrett
Dams
- Nishant (Nick) Dayal
- Kelly Pane
- Lei Wei
Drinking Water
- Eelhard Meneses
- John K. Baker
- Julia Hunt
- Denis Qualls
Levees
- Frederic Ma
- Stephanie Zertuche
Energy
- Geoff Roberts
- Oliver Smith
- Vikrant Joshi
- Sandra Morris
- Wes Oliphant
- Les Pittman
- Shanru Tian
- Silky Wong
Hazardous Waste
- Mark Boyd
- James Buzbee
- Chuqi Huang
- Dallas May
Public Parks
- Adam Giblin
- Patricia Frayre
- Hugo Hardwick
- Komala Narra
Ports
- Joseph Scarborough
- Roger Hoh
- Ashley Judith
- Jessica Shambra
Roads
- Anjuman Ara
- Nathan Kebede
- Mohammed Siddique
Solid Waste
- Robert (Holly) Holder
- Brenda Haney
- Abate Wolde-Kirkos
Stormwater
- Adam Eaton
- Melvin Spinks
- Rebecca Katzke
- Madison Koceich
- Shuchi Mishra
Transit
- Russell Ruplinger
- Craig Covil
Wastewater
- Sarenna Moore
- Tara Delagarza
- George Farah
- Stephen Mobley
- Carl Pitzer