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Florida

2016 Report Card GPA:
C
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has 12,046 structures in its bridge management system; these include conventional bridges and also culverts (spanning over 20 feet). About 15% of Florida’s bridges are at least 50 years old. The FDOT is responsible for the maintenance of 6,753 (56%) of the bridges; County governments maintain 3,860(32%); and cities and towns maintain 1,221 bridges (10%), while others (railroad, parks, etc.) maintain the remaining 212 bridges. FDOT has the responsibility of inspecting and rating most of the bridges in Florida. Currently, Florida has 202 structurally deficient bridges (1.7%), over half of which the counties have ownership and maintenance responsibility. Also, about 8.5% of Florida bridges were either weight posted or closed as of January 2015.
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Florida Infrastructure Grades

2016 Report Card GPA:
C
Aviation
B-
Bridges
B
Coastal Areas
D+
Drinking Water
C+
Energy
C-
Ports
B-
Roads
C
School Facilities
D+
Stormwater
D
Transit
C
Wastewater
C

A: Exceptional, B: Good, C: Mediocre, D: Poor, F: Failing, ?: Incomplete

Each category was evaluated on the basis of capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation

Key Facts About Florida Infrastructure

Aviation

100 public-use airports

Bridges

259 of the 12,070 bridges are structurally deficient

Bridges

$91.30 million in bridge funds came from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in 2011

Dams

37% of the state regulated dams have an Emergency Action Plan

Dams

79 high hazard dams

Drinking Water

$16.5 billion in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years

Energy

4.664 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy every year, ranking it 21st

Hazardous Waste

55 sites on the National Priorities List

Inland Waterways

1,540 miles of inland waterways, ranking it 7th nationally

Levees

1,824 miles of levees

Ports

91.5 million short tons of cargo in 2012, ranking it 8th nationally

Public Parks

$31.3 million of unmet needs for its parks system

Rail

14 freight railroads covering 2,907 miles across the state, ranking 23rd nationally by mileage

Roads

$2.5 billion a year in costs to motorists from driving on roads in need of repair, which is $181 /yr per motorist

Roads

15,073 of the state’s 121,829 public roads are major roads, and 4% are in poor condition

Schools

$8.9 billion in estimated school infrastructure funding needs

Transit

252 million annual unlinked passenger trips via transit systems including bus, transit, and commuter trains

Wastewater

$19.6 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years

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