As a Former Civil Engineer, One of the big problems is getting any public works maintained. Nobody want to spend the money. Civil Engineering professional gr

As a Former Civil Engineer, One of the big problems is getting any public works maintained. Nobody want to spend the money. Civil Engineering professional groups have been trying to get attention paid. While it might be self serving for them to grade infrastructure lower, these are not risk averse people that tend to exaggeration.. For the US 2017: (2021 report is due in a few weeks...) "ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card graded the nation’s dams a “D.” The average age of dams in this nation is 56 years, and the number of high-hazard potential dams – those whose failure would result in the loss of life – increased nearly 52% between 2005 and 2015 due to continued population growth and development below dams. The Association of State Dam Safety Officials estimates that the combined total cost to rehabilitate the nation’s dams exceeds $64 billion, with $22 billion of that needed just for the high-hazard potential dams. " https://www.asce.org/advocacy/water-resources/ https://www.asce.org/advocacy/water-resources/ Its not just Dams. Even after a highway collapses not much changes (https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/10-years-after-the-i-35-bridge-collapse-whats-changed-with-the-nations-bridges/ https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/10-years-after-the-...)