Testimony: Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Project Backlogs
Description
Opening Statement by Heather MacLeod, Director, GAO's Homeland
Security and Justice team to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
The Coast Guard faces a growing backlog of shore infrastructure
projects that will cost at least $7 billion to address as of June 2024,
according to Coast Guard data. Years of deferred maintenance have
contributed to the backlog's growth, according to Coast Guard officials.
In 2019, GAO made six recommendations to help the Coast Guard better
manage its shore infrastructure by improving its condition assessments
and its budget-related data reporting, among other things. As of
February 2025, the Coast Guard has fully addressed two of those
recommendations and taken steps toward addressing three of them.
Fully addressing all six of GAO's 2019 recommendations could help the
Coast Guard more efficiently manage existing resources, including to
reduce costs and position the Coast Guard and Congress with better
information to address shore infrastructure challenges.
Security and Justice team to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
The Coast Guard faces a growing backlog of shore infrastructure
projects that will cost at least $7 billion to address as of June 2024,
according to Coast Guard data. Years of deferred maintenance have
contributed to the backlog's growth, according to Coast Guard officials.
In 2019, GAO made six recommendations to help the Coast Guard better
manage its shore infrastructure by improving its condition assessments
and its budget-related data reporting, among other things. As of
February 2025, the Coast Guard has fully addressed two of those
recommendations and taken steps toward addressing three of them.
Fully addressing all six of GAO's 2019 recommendations could help the
Coast Guard more efficiently manage existing resources, including to
reduce costs and position the Coast Guard and Congress with better
information to address shore infrastructure challenges.
Date: Mar 11, 2025
Runtime: 00:04:42
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