Gregory F. Scott, P.E., M.ASCE, Past ASCE Region 2 Governor, Chair of the 2010 ASCE PA Infrastructure Report Card Committee, will utilize ASCE’s Report Card as a basis for his discussion on the condition of PA’s infrastructure.

1. Gregory F. Scott, P.E.
Past ASCE Region 2 Governor
Chair , 2010 ASCE PA Infrastructure Report Card
ASCE’S Report Card for
Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure

2. Why infrastructure
matters.

3. http://www.asce.org/reportcard/
Began doing Report Cards in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009

5. The Keystone is Crumbling
ASCE 2006 Report Card for
Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure

7. ASCE 2010
Report Card for
Pennsylvania’s
Infrastructure

10. Bridges – National Grade C+

11. Bridges – National Grade C+
1 in 9 of the nation’s
bridges are rated as
structurally deficient,
while the average age of
the nation’s 607,380
bridges is currently 42
years

12. Bridges – PA Grade C
5,540 of the 22,669
bridges in Pennsylvania
(24.4%) are considered
structurally deficient.
4,370 of the 22,669
bridges in Pennsylvania
(19.3%) are considered
functionally obsolete.

13. Roads – National Grade D

14. Roads – National Grade D
Currently, 32% of the US’s
major roads are in poor or
mediocre condition, costing
U.S. motorists $67 billion a
year, or $324 per motorist, in
additional repairs and
operating costs.

15. Roads – PA Grade D
38% of Pennsylvania’s roads
are in poor or mediocre
condition

16. Driving on roads in need of
repair costs Pennsylvania
motorists $2.947 billion a
year in extra vehicle repairs
and operating costs – $341
per motorist
Roads – PA Grade D

17. Transit – National GradeD

18. Transit – National GradeD
38% of Pennsylvania’s roads
are in poor or mediocre
condition

19. Transit – PA Grade D
Pennsylvania has 450,252
annual unlinked passenger
trips via transit systems –
motor bus, heavy rail, light
rail, and commuter rail.

20. http://www.asce.org infrastructure/report-card/economic-study

22. TAC Report: $3.5 billion annual
funding gap
PA to spend less on highways
this year than in 2007
Last PA gas tax increase – 1997
Last federal gas tax increase –
1993
Gas tax revenue does not
increase with gas price
Federal energy policy
encourages conservation
Act 44 was a two-edged sword

23. We don’t want to see this! Or this…

24. But we want to see this…

25. Inland Waterways – National Grade D-

26. Inland Waterways – National Grade D-
The average age of all
federally owned or
operated locks is nearly 60
years

27. Inland Waterways – PA Grade D+
The 17 locks in W.PA are
rated 2.35 for acceptable
reliability. The Delaware
River Channel is the
shallowest on the east
coast.

28. http://www.asce.org/Infrastructure/Failure-to-Act/Airports,-
Inland-Waterways,-and-Marine-Ports

30. Drinking Water – National Grade D

31. Drinking Water – National Grade D
Leaking pipes lose an
estimated 7 billion gallons
of clean drinking water a
day

32. Drinking Water – PA Grade D+
PA requires $15.5 billion in
funding over the next 20
years to replace aging
facilities and comply with
safe drinking water
regulations

33. Wastewater – National Grade D-

34. Wastewater – National Grade D-
Aging systems discharge
billions of gallons of
untreated wastewater
each year

35. Wastewater – PA Grade D-
PA requires $20 billion in
funding over the next 20
years to replace aging
facilities and comply CSO,
& TMDL regulations

36. Stormwater – PA Grade D-

37. Stormwater – PA Grade D-
Approximately 84% of
Pennsylvanians rely on
surface water for their
drinking water supply.

41. http://www.asce.org/Infrastructure/Failure-to-Act/Water-and-
Wastewater/

43. http://www.pareportcard.org
The PA Sections of ASCE
Maintain a website
Website includes
•Introduction and links to Sections
•Infrastructure Grades
•Full Grade Reports
•Behind the Grades
•Additional Links

44. What do we do
next?

45. PUBLIC RELATIONS
Letters to the Editors
•Center Daily Times
•Philadelphia Inquirer
•Pittsburgh Post Gazette
•Pittsburgh Tribune Review
•Patriot News
Opinion-Editorials
•Philadelphia Inquirer
•Pittsburgh Post Gazette
•Patriot News
ASCE Pennsylvania Facebook
Links to articles on Infrastructure
Multi-media content

50. •Transportation & Infrastructure Issues
•Licensing / Continuing Education
•Qualifications Based Selection for Engineering Services
•Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Education
•Sustainability
ASCE STATE PRIORITY ISSUES

51. Questions?