A report finds the quality of roads, bridges and other infrastructure is deteriorating both in Nebraska and the nation, hindering opportunities to compete in the global economy. Greg DiLoreto, with the American Society of Civil Engineers, says it’s vital to ensure infrastructure will be improved and restored. Of the state’s 15-thousand bridges, 23-hundred need serious work.

Nebraska has 94-thousand miles of public roads and the report says 10-percent are in poor condition. DiLoreto says reversing the trajectory after decades of underinvestment requires transformative action.

 

DiLoreto, says action is needed to reverse decades of underinvestment in other infrastructure besides roads and bridges.

While a letter grade wasn’t assigned to Nebraska on the Infrastructure Report Card, he says the nation was given a D-plus, the same grade as in the last report four years ago.