Hawaii’s roads, bridges, schools, parks, drinking water and wastewater facilities are in serious disrepair — as are the nation’s — according to a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers. 

The report gives the nation’s overall infrastructure a grade of D+, an improvement from its last grade of D, and cites a national spending shortfall of $1.6 trillion by 2020. 

Hawaii is in need of about $6 billion in upgrades over the next twenty years. Highlights from the study include:

Drinking Water

• Hawaii has reported $191 million in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years.

Wastewater

• Hawaii has reported $1.8 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years.

Bridges

• 146 of the 1,131 bridges in Hawaii (12.9%) are considered structurally deficient.
• 359 of the 1,131 bridges in Hawaii (31.7%) are considered functionally obsolete.
• Hawaii received $28.7 million from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in FY2011.

Roads

• Driving on roads in need of repair costs Hawaii motorists $456 million a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs – $515 per motorist.
• 49% of Hawaii’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition.

Parks and Recreation

• Hawaii has reported an unmet need of $28 million for its parks system.

Schools

• Public school districts in Hawaii spent a total of $215 million on capital outlays for school construction and acquisition of land and existing structures in fiscal years 2005–2008.
• It is estimated that Hawaii schools have $3.4 billion in infrastructure funding needs.

View the full stats on Hawaii here.

(Photo: Flickr: Keoni Cabral)

– Sophie Cocke