$7 billion backlog estimate is likely understated as hundreds of infrastructure projects still lack cost estimates. March 21, 2025
The hits just keep coming for federal facilities.
First, the General Services Administration (GSA) caused a national uproar by publishing a list of more than 400 government-owned or –leased facilities it planned to dispose of due to the high costs of managing and maintaining them. Then it deleted the list, saying it would republish it later with more information.
Now, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that includes an astonishing amount needed for deferred maintenance of just one group of federal facilities. The Coast Guard’s infrastructure maintenance backlog costs have surged to at least $7 billion, rising by nearly $4.5 billion in just three years, according to the GAO report as reported by the Federal News Network. Almost one-half of the service’s shore infrastructure is already beyond its service life.
These findings come from the GAO, which first assessed the Coast Guard’s shore infrastructure in 2019. The cost more than doubled after several years of deferred maintenance and inadequate planning, but the watchdog says the $7 billion backlog estimate is likely understated as hundreds of infrastructure projects still lack cost estimates, and some existing estimates have not been adjusted for inflation.
By Dan Hounsell, Senior Editor
Dan Hounsell is senior editor for the facilities market. He has more than 30 years of experience writing about facilities maintenance, engineering and management.?
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