the Infrastructure Crisis

Click & Connect with Congress
http://www.asce.org/pressroom/publicpolicy/advocacy.cfm

• Send your federal or state representative a message on current civil engineering legislation.
• Learn about issues and bills affecting civil engineering that are active in congress and your state legislature.
• Track how your U.S. Representative and Senators voted on key ASCE bills.

Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm

NC Infrastructure Report Card
The first North Carolina Infrastructure Report Card which was modeled after the Report Card for America’s Infrastructure,originally released by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 1998, and most recently updated in 2005. More information here...

ASCE policies & Priorities
http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/policies_priorities.cfm

State Public Affairs Grant (SPAG) Proposal
The North Carolina (NC) Section of ASCE proposes to advocate for increased infrastructure funding in
North Carolina through a campaign of submitting letters to the editors of newspapers, seeking
publication for Op-Ed pieces, and through paid advertising in newspapers to the main newspapers in
our state’s five metropolitan areas. Read further...

SPAG Newspaper Ad - Report Card News Ad

SPAG Volunteers

Go to: http://capwiz.com/asce/dbq/media/

1. enter your zip code in the Local Media – Zip Code Search
2. compose a brief letter to your local newspaper
3. send a copy of the published letter to jeffrey@subsurfaceconstruction.com

Talking Points for SPAG Volunteers to use in composing an infrastructure letter to the local newspapers.

• US spending on infrastructure is 2% of GDP compared to 9% and 5% for China and India, respectively
• While the federal share of infrastructure spending rose from 17 percent in 1956 to 40% in 1977, the federal government then cut back its contributions, leaving state and local governments responsible for 75% of public infrastructure outlays by the end of the 1980’s.
• $1.6 trillion required over 5 years to adequately address all of America’s infrastructure needs
• 1,500 bridges collapsed between 1966 and 2005
• NC diverted $1 billion from the transportation trust fund since 2002
• the first half of 2007 has been the worst for airline delays since records began being kept 13 years ago nationwide 3,200 dams are currently classified as unsafe.
• For additional information available at http://www.asce.org/govrel/govrel2.cfm