"There is the question of whether a U.S. secretary of transportation who is a former Fox Business television host is going to be able bring transformational change to the U.S. air transport system...[and] The air traffic control system is not the only infrastructure system at risk. The American electrical grid may be subject to “‘elevated’ risk of blackouts this summer.”

Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-05-18/infrastructure-failure-in-america-will-we-find-a-fix-before-the-unimaginable-happens/

#infrastructure #DeferredMaintenance

"America’s bridges, a quarter of which were built before 1960, were already in need of repair. But now, extreme heat and increased flooding linked to climate change are accelerating the disintegration of the nation’s bridges, engineers say, essentially causing them to age prematurely.

The result is a quiet but growing threat to the safe movement of people and goods around the country, and another example of how climate change is reshaping daily life in ways Americans may not realize."

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62073448/climate-change-bridges/

New legislation aims to address $1.5 billion University of Alaska maintenance backlog

"The UA system represents 40% of the state’s capital infrastructure, and the bill would protect the state’s investment"
- Luke Fulp, UA CFO

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/10/new-legislation-aims-to-address-1-5-billion-university-of-alaska-maintenance-backlog/