The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) evaluates the nation's infrastructure every four years. Our grade this year is D+, which is an improvement over the 2009 grade of D. D has been the typical grade since 1998; for twenty-five years we have seen basically no improvement in infrastructure overall. This is what a great nation does?
The ASCE evaluations are quite comprehensive. They measure water and environment, transportation, public facilities and energy. Each of these categories is brokne down into sub-categories, which are then evaluated as to eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and
maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation. Overall, most grades fell below a C.
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