ASCE Releases Statement on Infrastructure Priorities in Trump’s Address to Congress
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) President Feniosky Peña-Mora, P.E., Sc.D., released a statement following President Trump’s address to Congress.
According to Peña-Mora’s statement, President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress tonight outlined the administration’s plans for driving economic American prosperity now and for generations to come, and one of the most tested drivers for economic growth continues to be investing the infrastructure systems that American families and businesses rely on. ASCE supports President Trump’s commitment to improving Americans’ quality of life and strongly believe that infrastructure investments should be highlighted as a key priority of his domestic agenda for improving the safety and quality of life for Americans.
Every four years, ASCE releases its Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which assesses 18 categories of infrastructure by measuring its current condition and long-term outlooks. ASCE will be releasing the 2025 Report Card on March 25th, four years after its 2021 Report Card assigned the nation’s built environment a cumulative grade of “C minus,” a grade that is not adequate for supporting the next era of American excellence and global competitiveness. What the Report Card has clearly illustrated for the past two and a half decades, is that the nation’s infrastructure systems are the backbone of a safe and secure United States and that when we invest in our infrastructure systems, American families benefit, American businesses thrive, and American communities are protected from the impacts of severe weather events and man-made hazards.