This economic report is produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

1. INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE -
OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
BETWEEN NOW AND 2020, THE INVESTMENT BY INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL
SHORTFALL WILL GROW TO $1.1 TRILLION. $157B PER YEAR THROUGH 2020,
WE CAN PREVENT:
$1.1T GAP
$1.66T $2.75T
CURRENT FUTURE
NEED NEED $3.1 Trillion $1.1 Trillion
loss in GDP loss in total trade
$3,100 $2.4 Trillion
per year drop in personal drop in consumer
AGING AND UNRELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE disposable income per spending
WILL INCREASE COSTS BY household
$1.2 TRILLION $611HOUSEHOLDS
BILLION 3.5 Million
job losses
FOR BUSINESSES FOR
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2. INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE:
OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
AIRPORTS
39
134 BILLION
$
$
INVESTMENT NEED
95 BILLION
$
BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
SEAPORTS & WATERWAYS
16
30 BILLION
$
$
INVESTMENT NEED
14 BILLION
$
BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAP
EXPECTED FUNDING
BY 2020
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
1.7 TRILLION
$
INVESTMENT NEED
$
846BILLION
877 BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP
$
EXPECTED FUNDING
BY 2020
ELECTRICITY
107
$ 736 BILLION
INVESTMENT NEED $
$ 629 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAP
BY 2020
DRINKING WATER
& WASTEWATER
84
126 BILLION
$
$
INVESTMENT NEED
BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAP
42 BILLION
$
EXPECTED FUNDING
BY 2020
AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT GAP:
2.75
1.1
$
TRILLION
$
1.66
INVESTMENT NEED
TRILLION
$
TRILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
INVESTMENT
2013 2020
GAP BY 2020
WITHOUT INCREASED INVESTMENT, TRANSPORTATION DELAYS, BLACKOUTS AND
BROWNOUTS AND WATER MAIN BREAKS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED COSTS OF
$1.2 TRILLION TO BUSINESSES AND $611 BILLION TO HOUSEHOLDS BY 2020.
BY INVESTING $157 BILLION A YEAR, WE CAN PROTECT:
$
3.1 TRILLION IN GDP
$
1.1 TRILLION IN U.S. TRADE VALUE
3.5 MILLION JOBS
$
2.4 TRILLION IN CONSUMER
SPENDING
2012
$10 ,000
$20 ,000
$30 ,000
2020
AND PREVENT, AN AVERAGE LOSS OF MORE THAN
$
3,100 / YEAR THROUGH 2020
IN DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME,
AMOUNTING TO $28,000 PER HOUSEHOLD
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
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