secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobs potentially at stake here? we re estimating 700,000 jobs at rink. reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted $2.9 billion gallons of gas sitting in traffic costing the average consumer more than $800 per year, according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax. the tax has not increased to keep up with inflation since 1993. now, the clock is ticking, as congress debates how to prevent the fund from going broke next month. we need to be able to get those investments moved into filling gaps, reducing congestion, lowering travel times. improving the ability of the american public to move around and gooded to move around but that can only happen if congress acts. obtuse, states across the
the problem, cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobs potentially at stake here? we re estimating 700,000 jobs at risk. reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted 2.9 billion gallons of gas just sitting in traffic costing the average consumer more than $800 per year according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from an 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax. but the tax has not increased to keep up with inflation since 1993. now, the clock is ticking as congress debates how to prevent the fund from going broke next month. we need to be able to get those investments moved into
of civil engineers gives u.s. infrastructure a d-plus. and 1 in 9 of the nation s bridges are structurally deficient. look no further than delaware for wahat the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical bridge. the problem, cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country, causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobses potentially at stake here? we re estimating 700,000 jobs at risk. reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted 2.9 billion gal bes of gas just sitting in traffic. costing the average consumer more than $800 per year according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from an 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax.
deficient. look no further than delaware for what the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical i-495 bridge. the problem? cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobs potentially at stake here? so we re estimated 700,000 jobs at risk. reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted $ 2.9 billion gallons of gas just sitting in traffic, costing the average consumer more than $800 per year according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from an 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax. but the tax has not increased to keep up with inflation since 1993. now the clock is ticking as