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INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE -
OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
BY INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL
$157B PER YEAR THROUGH 2020,
WE CAN PREVENT:
$3.1 Trillion
loss in GDP
$3,100
per year drop in personal
disposable income per
household
$1.1 Trillion
loss in total trade
$2.4 Trillion
drop in consumer
spending
3.5 Million
job losses
BETWEEN NOW AND 2020, THE INVESTMENT
SHORTFALL WILL GROW TO $1.1 TRILLION.
AGING AND UNRELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
WILL INCREASE COSTS BY
$1.2 TRILLIONFOR BUSINESSES
$611 BILLIONFOR HOUSEHOLDS
$2.75T
FUTURE
NEED
$1.66T
CURRENT
NEED $1.1TGAP

2. INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE:
OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
AIRPORTS
$134 BILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$95 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
$
39BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
SEAPORTS & WATERWAYS
$
16BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
$30 BILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$14 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
$
846BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
$1.7 TRILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$877 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
ELECTRICITY
$
107BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
$736 BILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$629 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
DRINKING WATER
& WASTEWATER
$
84BILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
$126 BILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$42 BILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
2013 2020
AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT GAP:
$
3.1 TRILLION IN GDP
$
1.1 TRILLION IN U.S. TRADE VALUE
3.5 MILLION JOBS
$
2.4 TRILLION IN CONSUMER
SPENDING
WITHOUT INCREASED INVESTMENT, TRANSPORTATION DELAYS, BLACKOUTS AND
BROWNOUTS AND WATER MAIN BREAKS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED COSTS OF
$1.2 TRILLION TO BUSINESSES AND $611 BILLION TO HOUSEHOLDS BY 2020.
BY INVESTING $157 BILLION A YEAR, WE CAN PROTECT:
$
1.1TRILLION
INVESTMENT
GAPBY 2020
$
2.75TRILLION
INVESTMENT NEED
$
1.66TRILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
2012
2020
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
AND PREVENT, AN AVERAGE LOSS OF MORE THAN
$
3,100/YEAR THROUGH 2020
IN DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME,
AMOUNTING TO $
28,000 PER HOUSEHOLD
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
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