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Estimated 5-Year Investment Needs in Billions of Dollars

Category 5-Year Need (Billions) Estimated Actual Spending* American Recover and Reinvestment Act (P.L. III-005) Five-year Investment Shortfall
Aviation 87 45 1.3 (40.7)
Dams 12.5 5 0.05 (7.45)
Drinking Water and Wastewater 255 140 6.4 (108.6)
Energy 75 34.5 11 (29.5)
Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste 77 32.5 1.1 (43.4)
Inland Waterways 50 25 4.475 (20.5)
Levees 50 1.13 0 (48.87)
Public Parks and Recreation 85 36 0.835 (48.17)
Rail 63 42 9.3 (11.7)
Roads and Bridges
Discretionary grants for surface transportation		 930 351.5 27.5
1.5		 (549.5)
Schools 160 125 0** (35)
Transit 265 66.5 8.4 (190.1)
  2.122 trillion*** 903 billion 71.76 billion (1.176 trillion)
  Total Need**** $2.2 trillion  

* 5 year spending estimate based on the most recent available
spending at all levels of government and not indexed for inflation
** The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included $53.6 billion
for a State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for education, as of press time,
it was not known how much would be spent on school infrastructure.
*** Not adjusted for inflation
**** Assumes 3% annual inflation