Illinois' Infrastructure Needs Repair

 

A 2017 assessment of Illinois' transportation system finds that it is broken, in these ways:

  • If no significant investment is made in state transportation funding, nearly 40% of road miles and 20% of bridges will be in unacceptable condition by 2022
  • Large portions of Chicago's CTA transit rail system are in such disrepair that trains must slow every day to reduce stress on the system and ensure passenger safety. On some lines, "slow zones" are as much as 30 percent of the total length
  • Northeastern Illinoisans lose an estimated $8.2 billion a year in productivity from traffic congestion, Chicagoland Operators estimate

 

This is not a new problem:

 

An estimated 6,089 miles of state highways needed repair in 2002, based on a six-year gauge of miles in disrepair at that time along with miles that would accrue during the period. That total grew to 7,458 miles by 2008 and was on pace to hit an astonishing 8,687 miles by 2012. The state's 2009 capital construction program, Illinois Jobs Now, and federal stimulus program helped slow the growth. In 2012, the backlog was estimated at 7,348 miles in disrepair and to accrue over the next six years.

  • The total backlog of miles needing attention will grow rapidly as Illinois Jobs Now ends.
  • The total backlog grew from 2,560 miles in 2012 to 3,292 miles in 2017. By 2022, the number grows by another 2,000 miles to 5,588 miles in disrepair

 

Backlog in Bridge Repair:

 

  • There are more than 660 bridges in less than acceptable condition right now in Illinois
  • By 2022, over 1,000 bridges will be in less than acceptable condition
  • The total bill just to maintain the current system of bridges, assuming an average cost of $3.9 million per bridge, is a whopping $2 billion

 

 

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