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Estimated Investment Needed by 2020:
$3.6 Trillion

New York

New York Key Facts:

Water and Environment

Dams

  • New York’s dam safety program has 12.49 Full-Time Employees that each oversee an average of 458.4 state regulated dams.
  • New York has 403 high hazard dams.
  • 88% of the state regulated dams in New York have an Emergency Action Plan.
  • New York’s state dam safety program has an annual budget of $1,386,500.

Drinking Water

  • New York has reported $27 billion in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years.

Hazardous Waste

  • New York has 87 sites on the National Priorities List.

Levees

  • New York has approximately 146 miles of levees according to the current FEMA Midterm Levee Inventory.

Wastewater

  • New York has reported $29.7 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years.

Transportation

Aviation

  • There are 141 public-use airports in New York.

Bridges

  • 2,169 of the 17,420 bridges in New York (12.5%) are considered structurally deficient.
  • 4,718 of the 17,420 bridges in New York (27.1%) are considered functionally obsolete.
  • New York received $429.3 million from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in FY2011.

Inland Waterways

  • New York has 390 miles of inland waterways, ranking it 22nd in the nation.

Ports

  • New York’s ports handled 52 million short tons of cargo in 2009, ranking it 17th in the nation.

Rail

  • New York has 37 freight railroads covering 3,479 miles across the state, ranking it 13th by mileage.

Roads

  • Driving on roads in need of repair costs New York motorists $4.551 billion a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs – $403 per motorist.
  • 60% of New York’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
  • New York has 114,546 public road miles.
  • New York’s highway vehicle-miles traveled in 2009 was approximately 6,767 per capita, ranking it 49th in the nation.
  • New York’s gas tax of 50.6 cents per gallon has not been increased in 0 years.

Transit

  • New York has 3,764,951 annual unlinked passenger trips via transit systems – motor bus, heavy rail, light rail, and commuter rail.

Public Facilities

Parks and Recreation

  • New York has reported an unmet need of $95.4 million for its parks system.

Schools

  • Public school districts in New York spent a total of $14.3 billion on capital outlays for school construction and acquisition of land and existing structures in fiscal years 2005–2008.
  • It is estimated that New York schools have $2.1 billion in infrastructure funding needs.

Energy

  • New York produces 32.286 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy every year, ranking it 4th.

News

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  • Senate Passes WRDA
  • 05/15/13

  • ASCE applauds the Senate today for passing the Water Resources Development Act (S. 601). The 83 – 14 vote on final passage caps off a huge bipartisan effort from Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Member David Vitter (R-LA). The final $12 billion package includes several of ASCE top priorities for [...]

  • Draft Bill Would Change Long Established Peer Review For NSF Research
  • 05/13/13

  • Draft legislation is being circulated by new House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) which would require all research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be certified to “advance the national health, prosperity, or welfare” and “secure the national defense” of the United States. The NSF must certify that each funded project is [...]

  • WRDA on Senate Floor…Call Your Senator Today!
  • 05/08/13

  • The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) has reached center stage in the Senate this week, with votes beginning on amendments at 2pm today. The legislation provides much needed improvements to locks, dams, levees, and other waterway elements across the country through the authorization of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs. The first hurdle for the [...]

  • Senate to Take Up Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
  • 05/06/13

  • The Senate is expected to take up the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) when Senators return to Washington today. At this time, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said that he will hold a cloture vote on the legislation Monday evening. Cloture requires 60 votes and limits debate in order to block an attempt at [...]

  • Former USDOT Heads Offer Advice While New Appointee Is Named
  • 04/30/13

  • In a serendipitous coincidence, six of America’s former Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) gathered for the Goode Transportation  Policy Conference less than 10 minutes away from the White House where President Obama was announcing his new nominee for Secretary of Transportation, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx. Here’s what the former secretaries had to [...]

  • ASCE Statement on the Nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx for Transportation Secretary
  • 04/29/13

  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is a statement from Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S, D.WRE, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), regarding the nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for U.S. Transportation Secretary: “We are very encouraged by Mayor Foxx’s nomination. Now is the time to reaffirm our commitment to improving our [...]

  • Happy Earth Day from ASCE!
  • 04/22/13

  • Did you know the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970?  That it was first proposed by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin?  That Senator Nelson was inspired by campus activism on the late 1960’s? Learn all about the history of Earth Day here. The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States [...]

  • Obama’s FY 2014 Priorities STEM Education Programs
  • 04/19/13

  • The President’s FY 2014 budget request places new emphasis on STEM (Science-Technology- Education-Mathematics) education.  The total STEM education funding request, across all federals agencies, amounts to $3.1 billion; this represents an increase of 6.7 percent over 2012 funding levels. While the proposed increase is noteworthy, the President’s proposal includes an ambitious reorganization of federal STEM [...]

  • ASCE Educates State Officials on the Report Card, You Can get the Same Information!
  • 04/18/13

  • ASCE recently conducted a webinar in partnership with the Council of State Governments (CSG) for an audience of state policymakers.  The webinar focused on the 2013 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure and how state governments can use the data contained in the Report Card in order to help improve their local infrastructure.  Notable participants included [...]