Illinois
Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:
- Roads
- Bridges
- Mass Transit
Key Infrastructure Facts
- 18% of Illinois’ bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
- There are 187 high hazard dams in Illinois. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
- 9% of high hazard dams in Illinois have no emergency action plan (EAP). An EAP is a predetermined plan of action to be taken including roles, responsibilities and procedures for surveillance, notification and evacuation to reduce the potential for loss of life and property damage in an area affected by a failure or mis-operation of a dam.
- Illinois’ drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $13.5 billion over the next 20 years.
- Illinois ranked 7th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 6th in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
- Illinois’ ports handled 117 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it 8th in the nation.
- Illinois reported an unmet need of $4.9 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
- 34% of Illinois’ major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
- 43% of Illinois’ major urban highways are congested.
- Vehicle travel on Illinois’ highways increased 29% from 1990 to 2007.
- Illinois has $13.41 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs.
Sources
*Survey of the state’s ASCE members conducted in September 2008
Deficient Bridge Report, Federal Highway Administration, 2008.
National Inventory of Dams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008.
Drinking Water Needs Survey and Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency, 2003.
National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report, Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.
The U.S. Waterway System – Transportation Facts, Navigation Data Center, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, February 2007.
2007 Annual Report, Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program, National Park Service.
TRIP Fact Sheet, March 2009.
Clean Water Needs Survey, Environmental Protection Agency, 2004.
Other Resources
Comments
IL infrastructure
The politicians are in contractors' pockets in IL. IL is a CORRUPT state. We pay a CORRUPTION tax in IL due to "Pay for Play" and other scams. Is WASHINGTON listening? Please SAVE US !!!
I couldn't agree more. One
I couldn't agree more. One doesn't need signs telling you that you have entered Illinois, the roads say it all. It is funny how the same weather in neighboring states does not cause their roads to crumble the same what ours do. The politicians always talk about the weather, the subsoil, or some other reason why our roads are third world class, but the reason is obvious to all, corruption.
If you build a road with inferior materials, it will not last. This allows one to have massive programs to continually resurface the roads. It is very profitable for the politicians and their cronies. Building roads is not really a difficult task if quality is a priority. Just look at how long the roads built by the Romans and Adolf Hitler have lasted.
We could use a couple more US attorneys looking into corrupt practices in Illinois. We also pay some of the highest fuel taxes in the nation and look what it gets us.
Transportation-NOW
Thank you for your coverage of this extremely important issue. Information is power. You did not mention, however, that unless our citizens decide they will decrease consumption by doing without, reusing, and buying used, nothing will change. If we do not decide to do this, we will be forced by the global economy into a lower standard of living for most.. Our gluttonous, arrogant, and unnecessary consumption will come to and end, one way or the other.
Sherry Roskam, Decatur, IL