ASCE Bumps Up Nation's Grade to C-

摘要

Investments in infrastructure over the past four years have brought up the U.S. "grade" from the American Society of Civil Engineers to a "mediocre" C- from D+, the group says in its 2021 Infrastructure Report Card. But the March 3 report also projects that the gap between infrastructure funding needs and dollars spent on those needs will climb to $2.59 trillion over the next 10 years, from $2.1 trillion in the group's 2017 analysis. ASCE also notes that 11 of the 17 infrastructure categories it evaluated still scored in the D range, with transit the lowest, at D-.