Whether you’re driving across roads and bridges, taking a shower, or charging your cell phone, infrastructure affects everyone in North Dakota. Here are three places you can visit to find out more about North Dakota’s infrastructure:
Aviation
53 public-use airports
Bridges
726 of the 4,439 bridges are structurally deficient
Bridges
$10.70 million in bridge funds came from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in 2011
Dams
89% of the state regulated dams have an Emergency Action Plan
Dams
44 high hazard dams
Drinking Water
$407 million in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years
Energy
6.15 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy every year, ranking it 22nd
Hazardous Waste
sites on the National Priorities List
Levees
212 miles of levees
Public Parks
$2.1 million of unmet needs for its parks system
Rail
8 freight railroads covering 3,346 miles across the state, ranking 15th nationally by mileage
Roads
6,517 of the state’s 86,851 public roads are major roads, and 4% are in poor condition
Roads
$131.0 million a year in costs to motorists from driving on roads in need of repair, which is $261 /yr per motorist
Schools
$428.0 million in estimated school infrastructure funding needs
Transit
2.2 million annual unlinked passenger trips via transit systems including bus, transit, and commuter trains
March 03, 2017
As the President’s repeated in his address to Congress his pledge to dramatically increase infrastructure spending to the tune of $1 trillion, various Congressional Committees
March 01, 2017
On Tuesday night, President Trump addressed a joint-session of Congress for the first time in his presidency. Infrastructure was among the many issues he discussed.
February 28, 2017
U.S. motorists set a new record for vehicle miles travelled (VMT) in 2016, driving over 3.2 trillion miles, an increase of 70 billion miles from
February 17, 2017
Romantic dates, the Grammy awards and celebrating black history are not the only milestones of this week; the Oroville dam crisis in California and the