Potholes, Grid Failures, Aging Tunnels And Bridges: Nation’s Infrastructure Gets A C-

Just in time for pothole season, the latest report card on the nation’s infrastructure shows that the needs are great but funding is lacking.

Many of the country’s roads, bridges, airports, dams, levees and water systems are aging and in poor to mediocre condition. And they’re in need of a major federal investment to keep from getting worse and to withstand the harsh effects of a changing climate, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The group gives the nation’s infrastructure in general a grade of C-minus on it’s quadrennial infrastructure report card, up from a D-minus four years ago. ASCE says the U.S. made some modest and incremental improvements in some infrastructure categories, including railroads, drinking water systems and inland waterways and ports.