The American Society of Civil Engineers Give U.S. Infrastructure a 'D'

[bripat9643]

How much do civil engineers stand to make off of government infrastructure projects?

"The nation's infrastructure faces some very real problems," says Andrew Herrman, chair of the advisory council for the report card, in ASCE's press release, "problems that pose an equally real threat to our way of life if they are not addressed appropriately." Although the full report won't be ready until March 25th, the details of this preliminary report card paint an urgent picture. More than a quarter of the country's bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. The maintenance backlog for dams is ballooning, as 1,819 dams with high hazard potential are now considered deficient. And the report card's newest infrastructure category, added for the first time this year, might be the most disturbing. The nation's levees received a D-. Like drinking water systems, levees are on the verge of failure, with lives hanging in the balance behind their crumbling walls.

 

[Douger]

I bet we'd have a fucking awesome infrastructure if we weren't busy funding a global military....

That's un murkin

 

[Harry Dresden]

I bet we'd have a fucking awesome infrastructure if we weren't busy funding a global military....

That's un murkin

shut up Gordo.....fix that stupid Toupee you wear.....you look ridiculous......

 

[RoadVirus]

I bet we'd have a fucking awesome infrastructure if we weren't busy funding a global military....

or giving out risky loans to companies
or continuing to allow illegal immigrants to collect welfare benefits
or spending billions on a high-speed train system that almost no one will use

I could go on and on.