2013 Report Card

2013 Report Card

for North Carolina's Infrastructure

Aviation Beaches & Inlets

Bridges Dams Drinking Water Energy Rail Roads Public Schools Storm Water Wastewater

2013 Report Card for

North Carolina's Infrastructure

Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................................................................ 3 Grades Summary.................................................................................................... 4 Aviation.................................................................................................................... 5 Beaches and Inlets................................................................................................. 18 Bridges.................................................................................................................... 29 Dams........................................................................................................................ 36 Drinking Water...................................................................................................... 44 Energy..................................................................................................................... 55 Rail......................................................................................................................... 64 Roads......................................................................................................................80 Public Schools...................................................................................................... 90 Stormwater............................................................................................................ 95 Wastewater......................................................................................................... 101

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2013 Report Card for

North Carolina's Infrastructure

Introduction

ASCE's 2013 Report Card for North Carolina's Infrastructure

As North Carolinians, we owe our economic prosperity, public safety, and quality of life to the infrastructure that serves us every day. As stewards of that infrastructure, civil engineers are obliged to inform the public and policy makers about its condition and how best to make improvements. ASCE's key solutions may be ambitious and will not be achieved overnight, but Americans are capable of such real and positive change.

What Can Raise North Carolina's Infrastructure Grades?

PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY-BASED PHILOSOPHIES FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT. PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHODOLOGIES. DEVELOP/INCREASE DEDICATED FUNDING PLANS. DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE RATINGS AT STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR INFRASTUCTURE.

About the North Carolina Section

ASCE Founded: 1852 North Carolina Section Chartered: 1923 Non-profit Organization [501(c)(3)] Membership: 3,076 Website:

Subdivisions (Branches):

Costal (Wilmington) Eastern (Raleigh) Northern (Greensboro/Winston-Salem) Southern (Charlotte) Western (Asheville)

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Aviation D+

Overview

Aviation remains a crucial industry in the state of North Carolina, adding an estimated $26B to the state's economy every year from the state's 72 publically owned airports. The state's commercial airports handled approximately 52 million passengers in 2011. The NC Department of Transportation Division of Aviation has developed a very comprehensive plan for General Aviation Airports, but the plan has not been funded by the legislature. Unfortunately, a significant funding shortfall has resulted in a deterioration of the existing system of airports in the state. More funding is

needed to insure that the system can be maintained and necessary improvements are made to accommodate increasing demand at North Carolina Airports.

An overall assessment of the condition of the North Carolina aviation infrastructure was conducted taking into account pavement conditions for runways, taxiways and aprons, current and future funding, safety, and passenger cost/satisfaction. As a result, North Carolina's Aviation Infrastructure has been given a grade of D+.

Background

North Carolina's state motto "First In Flight" comes from its history as the birthplace of the aviation industry with Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Since then, aviation has become a very vital part of America's economy by opening up the state to both national and international access and adding an estimated $26B per year to the North Carolina economy. This is an increase of $16.5B dollars in additional impacts to the state over the past 6 years a growth of 274 percent.

In the state, there are 91 publicly owned airports and heliports, of which 9 are classified as Air Carrier (AC) Airports that have regularly scheduled flights provided by the airlines. Since 2006, North Carolina has lost

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