Utah

Top Three Infrastructure Concerns:

1. Roads
2. Drinking Water
3. Bridges

Key Infrastructure Facts

• 18% of Utah’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
• There are 192 high hazard dams in Utah. A high hazard dam is defined as a dam whose failure would cause a loss of life and significant property damage.
• 84 of Utah’s 605 dams are in need of rehabilitation to meet applicable state dam safety standards.
• 3% of high hazard dams in Utah have no emergency action plan (EAP). An EAP is a predetermined plan of action to be taken including roles, responsibilities and procedures for surveillance, notification and evacuation to reduce the potential for loss of life and property damage in an area affected by a failure or mis-operation of a dam.
• Utah’s drinking water infrastructure needs an investment of $707 million over the next 20 years.
• Utah ranked 30^th in the quantity of hazardous waste produced and 36^th in the total number of hazardous waste producers.
• Utah reported an unmet need of $127 million for its state public outdoor recreation facilities and parkland acquisition.
• 29% of Utah’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
• 40% of Utah’s major urban highways are congested.
• Vehicle travel on Utah’s highways increased 83% from 1990 to 2007.
• Utah has $563 million in wastewater infrastructure needs.

Sources

*Survey of the state’s ASCE members conducted in September 2008