PUBLICATIONS

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Eye On Infrastructure Special Report Nov 2006 -- Election Wrap up

Eye On Infrastructure -- Special Report Oct 2006

Eye On Infrastructure -- Special Alert Sept 2006

2005 California Infrastructure Coalition Annual Report

2004 California Infrastructure Coalition Annual Report

Running On Empty - The Importance of Prop 42 to California's Transportation Infrastructure

Economic Impact of Funding California's Transportation Infrastructure

California Commission on Building for the 21st Century
Commission created in 1999 to study the state's building and infrastructure needs. The Commission's final report was issued in the spring of 2002.

California Business Roundtable: Building a Legacy for the Next Generation
California Business Roundtable 1998 report that examines California's needs for schools, highways and colleges, and concludes that there is a "$90 billion overdue bill for new public facilities" and a $33 billion need not met by existing funding sources.

Water Infrastructure Network
Site for WIN, a coalition of elected officials, drinking water and wastewater service providers, health and environment administrators, engineers and others. Site includes information about organizational activities, links to related organizations and reports, notably WIN's February 2001 report, "Water Infrastructure Now."

ASCE's 2001 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
American Society of Civil Engineers' site that evaluates the needs for roads, bridges, schools, other infrastructure categories, and gives the nation an overall grade of D+. Concludes that $1.3 trillion is needed to bring U.S. infrastructure up to snuff.

Canadian Institute for Research and Construction
This page links directly to information on the Institute's Urban Infrastructure Rehabilitation research program, with topic areas including buried utilities, urban roads and concrete structures.

Speaker's Commission on Regionalism
This site focuses on issues related to better regional government cooperation, and includes articles on land use and planning and tax cuts vs. infrastructure funding.

America's Water Resources Challenges for the 21st Century (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Site)
Contains the "National Report on Identified Water Resources Challenges and Opportunities," plus executive summary, regional meeting notes and links to dozens of environmental/conservation groups and related government agencies.

American Public Works Association
Official site of APWA - the "resources" section includes articles such as "Asset Management for the Public Works Manager," and other information. Also on the site: news, upcoming conferences, membership information, more.

Federal Highway Administration Office of Asset Management
Official Federal Highway Administration site, giving an overview of asset management programs related to highways, bridges, etc. Includes an online version of the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Asset Management Primer," and the "Pavement Management Primer."

ARCHIVES

Smart Public Investments for the California Economy: Information and Analysis for Infrastructure Planning
This 1999 report was produced by the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy and commissioned by Californians and the Land as a follow-up to CCSCE's report Land Use and the California Economy. The report describes the current state of the infrastructure planning process and identifies ideas for improving how the state's infrastructure investments are selected.

2002 California's Five Year Infrastructure Plan
In coordination with state agencies and departments, the Department of Finance compiled this five year infrastructure plan for California pursuant to AB 1473 which required the Governor to submit a five-year planning budget each year for state-owned infrastructure, as well as non-state owned infrastructure in the areas of transportation, schools, and colleges. The plan proposes spending $56 billion over the next five years.

Implementing the California Infrastructure Plan: 2001-2002 Budget
The State Legislative Analyst's Office look at implementation of the California Infrastructure Planning Act (AB 1473) which requires the governor to submit a five-year planning budget each year for transportation, schools, colleges and state agency buildings.

California Infrastructure State Revolving Fund Program
This site has information about the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank's Infrastructure State Revolving Fund (ISRF) Program, which provides low-cost loans of $250,000 to $20 million to public agencies for a variety of infrastructure projects.

California Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
Information from the California Department of Health Services about federal funding programs to repair or enhance public drinking water systems.