Infrastructure Week 2015 scheduled for May 11-15

Washington, D.C. — More than 60 national and regional infrastructure and transportation advocacy groups are set to participate in Infrastructure Week 2015, to be held the week of May 11-15, 2015. Infrastructure Week 2015 is a series of events in Washington, D.C., and around the country that will raise awareness of the lack of investment in America’s infrastructure – from surface and air transportation to broadband networks — which has left the United States less globally competitive and riddled with potholes, aging water pipes bursting once every two minutes, outdated transit and lengthening travel delays.

During Infrastructure Week, business executives, labor leaders, and elected officials from around America will make the case that America’s neglected infrastructure negatively impacts our lives and livelihoods, and that we must invest in our economic future through comprehensive investments in agile, efficient and secure infrastructure systems. See the most-updated list of events at https://infrastructureweek.org.

Infrastructure Week is coordinated by America’s business, labor and policymaking leadership, and will convene an unprecedented non-partisan coalition united around the importance of investing in America’s infrastructure future. Infrastructure Week challenges policymakers and the public to directly address the needs facing America’s deteriorating infrastructure, and to move beyond short-term fixes and deferred maintenance, in order to envision innovative solutions, technologies, policies and investments that will bring America’s infrastructure and transportation systems into the 21st century and lay the groundwork for future generations. The organizations affiliated with Infrastructure Week envision a future in which America will have a more robust, opportunity-rich and competitive economy.

Infrastructure Week 2015 is led by a steering committee consisting of the AFL-CIO, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Building America’s Future, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Council on Competitiveness, the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In addition to these organizations, the steering committee is joined by nearly 60 national and local affiliate organizations from all sectors of the economy and communities, and from all corners of the United States. See the full list of affiliates at https://infrastructureweek.org/affiliates.

“As the stewards of our nation’s infrastructure, ASCE members see the challenges of our nation’s aging infrastructure up close every day,” said Robert D. Stevens, PhD, P.E., president, ASCE. “With a ‘D+’ overall grade in the latest Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, the events of this week will focus on opportunities we have to modernize our aging roads, bridges, drinking water pipes, dams, sewers and other infrastructure and improve the grade.”

Find out more about Infrastructure Week – including a calendar of dozens of events in Washington and around America – at www.infrastructureweek.org, and follow on Twitter at @RebuildRenew and #RebuildRenew.