Wisconsin’s Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Report Card grades are C+ (mediocre: requires attention) and D+ (poor: at risk), respectively. The typical bridge is at or near the end of its design life and more than one-third of the drivable roads are in fair or below condition. Yet, recent efforts by state decision-makers have stalled in addressing both long- and short-term funding needs.

Authors will give 20-minute presentations and then begin a live conversation with panelists and the audience on raising the grades for bridges and roads. 

Presenters: Tony Castle, P.E., Bridges Lead Author, and Brian Udovich, Roads Lead Author, ASCE-WI Section 2020 Infrastructure Report Card

Panelists:

• Debby Jackson, Executive Director, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin
• Mark Kessenich, Chief Executive Officer, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee
• Kyle Christianson, Director of Government Affairs, Wisconsin Counties Association
• Habib Tabatabai, PhD., P.E., S.E., Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UW-Milwaukee

You can register for this event here, and read the full ASCE Infrastructure Report Card here. Relevant sections of the report card for this category meeting include:

• Bridges: pages 17-23
• Design life of bridges: page 22
• Roads: pages 68-74
• Conditon of roads: page 68

LWVWI will be hosting meetings on all categories of the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card. Please continue to check our Events Calendar for new category meetings as we post them. You can view this article to see the series schedule.

For more information on each category meeting, please visit our Events Calendar. If you have any questions, you can contact us at lwvwisconsin [at] lwvwi.org or 608-256-0827.