Report Card on Arizona Infrastructure: Every Day Every Citizen Uses Infrastructure

from Arizona Builders Exchange

Looks like it's "that time of year" to produce rankings and report cards . . .
this blog has posted two recent articles about Mesa: one on its management of fleet operations and another on ratings for those looking at retirement in the financial services market. Take good look at this one
 http://azbex.com/arizona-gets-a-c-on-its-infrastructure/

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Arizona Gets a ‘C’ on Its Infrastructure

Beating the National Score of D+ Doesn’t Allow for Complacency

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Matthew Roy in Economic Development // 0 Comments

By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange

How are retirement and infrastructure inter-related?

Recently, the Arizona section of the American Society of Civil Engineers released the statewide report card for infrastructure. Arizona landed a C grade overall, but the D+ on Roads highlights the need for continued investment. Less than half can be maintained with current levels of funding.
Not only are we as a state not funding what we currently have built, but Arizona is not planning for growth and improvement in service levels
The ASCE presentation likened planning for infrastructure costs to planning for retirement: The longer you wait, the more expensive things become. 
Every penny we spend in infrastructure now saves costs in the future.

WHAT CAN YOU DO CITIZENS OF MESA? Get on-board to sign a petition.

Action on this was delayed for a month, with the new deadline now June 30, 2015.

Take action today: #SU4T

Sign petition online >
http://www.standup4transportation.org/contentform.aspx?page=Media