Posted on 07/25/2025 1:15:19 PM PDT by george76
Colorado’s infrastructure systems remain adequate but roads, schools and other aging assets require urgent attention, according to a report published by civil engineers.
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In the state's infrastructure report card, Colorado got a D- for roads.
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The state’s infrastructure received an overall grade of C-minus on the 2025 Report Card for Colorado’s Infrastructure published Wednesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers. That is one step below the national average grade of C.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers publishes national and state report cards about every four years. To compile the report cards, civil engineers analyze and grade infrastructure in each state across 14 categories.
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Colorado improved its grades on dams and wastewater in the most recent report card, while it saw grades drop for aviation, energy and roads
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For each category of infrastructure, the report states that a team of civil engineers analyzed the infrastructure based on eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operations, public safety, resilience and innovation.
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Aviation: B-minus.. The B-minus grade that Colorado’s aviation infrastructure received was well above the national average of a D-plus.
Colorado’s aviation network of 66 public-use airports generates $71 billion in annual business revenue to the state and supports more than 350,000 jobs,
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Denver International Airport “has strained capacity” that led civil engineers to drop its grade from a B in 2021 to a B-minus in the 2025 report card. The airport, designed to service 50 million passengers annually, saw more than 82 million passengers in 2024,
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Denver International Airport has set the goal to improve facilities to be able to service 100 million passengers annually.
Roads: D-plus Civil engineers gave Colorado’s roads a D-plus in the 2025 report card, one step above the D grade the nation’s roads received as a whole.
Only 34% of Colorado’s roads are in good condition, compared to 45% nationally, the report states. Civil engineers wrote in the report that “Colorado has some of the costliest maintenance challenges in the country” due to mountainous terrain and extreme weather.
With Colorado’s population growing 39% since 2000, the state’s roads have experienced increased congestion, the report states. About one-fourth of locally and state-maintained roads and highways are in poor condition, according to the report, which cites “inadequate state and local funding” as contributing to the problem.
Schools: D-plus..
Colorado’s schools received a D-plus grade — tied with the national average — for schools.
C-? Grade inflation.
2018, Jared Polis appointed 35-year-old Shoshana Lew as his CDOT Director, a history major .. She replaced Michael Lewis, an engineer with extensive construction management experience..
Shoshana’s primary qualification = her close relationship to Big Mike who called for a favor - find a job for Shoshana ..
She likes bike lanes, buses, trains to nowhere, electric cars and ..
Polis, his vegan husband, and pals hate family farmers, ranchers.. using Canadian imported wolf packs to kill them off..
Closing environmentally superior, reliable power plants that run 24/7 - paid by the rate payers.. = Hello Zimbabwe .
Yes
I would like to see how a real, honest, election would go in Colorado
So an ultra DEI hire...
The “Democrat Disease”, commonly known as rot, is slowly consuming what was once a great state. The beauty is still there (as long as one avoids Denver), but the rot and accompanying stench is in our future. Perhaps we’ll manage to ditch fat boy governor, get a B2 to take care of Boulder and Aspen and we’ll be on the way to getting back to the 20th century.
This.
Back around 1999...I made a 5-day drive through the state (avoiding the interstate highways). I’ll just say that as crappy as roads are in Tenn or Ala....same situation in Colorado, and I doubt if anything changed over the past 25 years.
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