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Why do Civil Engineers say Texas Infrastructure Grade Remains a ‘C’ in the 2025 Report Card?

The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card, assigning 16 categories of infrastructure a cumulative grade of ‘C‘, which is one notch ahead of the national average of ‘C-’ from the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. This is the same grade Texas received in its last report in 2021, citing significant population growth, surging energy demands, and increasingly severe weather events putting strain on an aging infrastructure network. However, these stressors have been balanced out by record investments at the federal level and proactive state and local measures.

Of the 16 categories, two (aviation and roads) saw grade increases, while six (drinking water, energy, levees, solid waste, transit, and wastewater) saw grade decreases compared to the 2021 report. Four new chapters were added to this year’s report (broadband, hazardous waste, ports, and rail).   Join the Committee Chairs as they answer your questions and provide insight into the planning, developing, results, and recommendations contained within the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card.

Speakers: Griselda Gonzales PE and Austin Messerli PE (Co-Chairs, ASCE Texas Section Infrastructure Report Card Committee)

Griselda Gonzales, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP has a diverse background in her engineering experience to include land development, water and wastewater planning studies, drainage studies and designs, traffic, transportation and roadway reconstruction. She has worked for public and private sector clients in San Antonio, Austin, and Houston area. Griselda is a San Antonio native and a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio. She moved to the Houston area in 2013 and has since plugged herself in to serve and participate where growth and community exist. Griselda’s personal values translate to her professional commitments as she volunteers for organizations that align with her personal beliefs and serve her community and profession. She initiated the Houston Chapter Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) for and has recently served as the Government Affairs Committee Chair for the ASCE Texas Section.

Austin Messerli is a Senior Engineer/Project Manager with K Friese & Associates. Originally from Oklahoma, he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. Relocating to Central Texas over four years ago and is now happy to call it home. He has over nine years of experience with Municipal, County, and DOT transportation projects across Texas, Oklahoma, and the surrounding States. The most exciting part of this work is seeing all the various components of transportation projects come together to form a positive and lasting impact on the public. Austin is an active member of ASCE, first participating in the University of Oklahoma Chapter, where he eventually became president, then holding various positions professionally across Oklahoma and Texas.

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