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The grades are in: U.S. roads get a D+
While the nation’s roads continue to decline, improvements in rail and some other categories raised the nation’s overall infrastructure grade to C-, a very modest improvement from the D+ grade in the 2017 report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Andy Herrmann, a professional engineer, past president of ASCE and a member of the report card committee since 2001, says he is optimistic that Congress can agree on an infrastructure package.
He echoed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who told the American Association of State Highway and…
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