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New ASCE infrastructure Report Cards issued for Florida, Los Angeles
ASCE members on the East and West Coasts urged action to improve the state of infrastructure Thursday, as the Florida Section and the Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch each issued new infrastructure Report Cards. Florida's civil engineers regrettably concluded that grades in most categories remained the same or fell, compared with their last Report Card in 2008. Among them, Coastal Areas fell from a C+ to a D-. Florida's other lowest grades went to Energy (D), Flood Control (D+), and School Infrastructure (D+). Los Angeles civil engineers gave their city an overall C grade, saying much of its infrastructure is not being adequately maintained. Compared to Los Angeles' last Report Card in 2005, grades fell for Drinking Water (C), Roads (C-), and Transit (C). Improvements were noted in Wastewater and Flood Control, now each a B+. View the 2012 Report Card for Florida’s Infrastructure at www.fla-asce.org. See a citizen's guide to the 2012 Los Angeles County Infrastructure Report Card at www.ascemlab.org. ASCE's Report Card for America's Infrastructure will be updated in early 2013. 

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