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.
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But... but... but...marijuana is legal!
Civil Engineers report “everything sucks give us hundreds of billions in funding so we can fix it”
Shiny, well-designed, and well-maintained infrastructure has an effect along the lines of the broken window idea, government keeping up infrastructure and backing off on the people to where they can start and run their businesses and farms, and keep the factories and mines and stores running would go a long way to fixing America’s social issues and quality of life issues, and the general pessimism of current day life.
I’m no engineer but I do know that California used to be beautiful, and I don’t mean it’s views and nature, people used to marvel at the pristine and gorgeous California roads and the landscaping around them.
Jared Polis continues to double down on a 100 percent renewable ( interment, not reliable, expensive, may function only for a few years = hail storms ..) energy plan by 2040, despite late last year admitting his current plan is already on a dangerous course for energy ratepayers.
https://completecolorado.com/2025/07/25/gov-polis-doubling-down-100-percent-renewables/
The current attorney general, now running for governor has an idea about car thieves: "car thieves should only be detained if they steal more than one car per month, and only then after they have stolen their fourth car. "
Since democrats came in power, Colorado has become a shithole state.
I bet teacher quality would be F-. there are things that need to be replaced before the buildings.
Red herring
We spent 350 million on illegals.
Wasn’t it recently a huge section of road through the mountains just collapsed?
Might have been another state...
Agree. Just look at the old shows that were filmed on location. L.A. looked like the place to be.
California looked good, looked sharp and clean, as though everything was being valued and taken care of, even many of the gardeners were Japanese, the effect was California looking glamourous even just driving the Interstates, and the California culture, music and films reflected that pride and competence and future looking, confident optimism.
“Civil engineers give Colorado a C-minus grade on infrastructure report card, with roads and schools receiving low marks”
that’s because governments in colorado at every level have been reprogramming tax money into free-everything for illegal aliens ... our once beautiful streets, roads and highways are a shambles now due to lack of maintenance ...
Maybe we have enough bike paths and wind mills and we can focus on roads and reliable power plants.
Just spit balling...
I would like to see what Oklahoma rates. It is one giant speed bump from one state line to the next. One of the most perplexing things about Oklahoma roads is that they will build or re-build a section of road to new standards for maybe 5 or 10 miles but flank that section, placed at random it seems, with miles of obstacle course. There is no apparent logic or plan to it. The most glaring example of this is the area adjacent to the Kirkpatrick Turnpike south entrance. Other examples are right here where I live on I-40 or US59.
The schools should receive a good grade for foreign languages ... other than English.
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