Congressman Boswell releases statement on newly-released bridge deficiency report

Leonard Boswell

Des Moines, IA – Congressman Leonard Boswell today released the following statement on the latest in a series of reports ranking bridge infrastructure in the Des Moines metro among the most deficient in the country:

“This latest national report further underscores the critical need for passing legislation to address our state’s infrastructure problems. We don’t need another disastrous wake-up call like we had with the Minneapolis bridge. This should be a bi-partisan issue because we have to repair our infrastructure anyway,” said Boswell, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The report released by Transportation for America ranks Des Moines metro bridges fourth-highest in structural deficiency among cities with 500,000 to 1 million in population. In addition, a report released by the group earlier this year ranked Iowa’s bridges third-highest in the United States in structural deficiency.

“The President has proposed a plan that would start addressing this issue not just in Iowa, but across the entire country. We would also be creating thousands of jobs as we work to repair our bridges and roadways to keep motorists safe,” continued Boswell.