Quote Originally Posted by Hermod View Post
The Highway Trust Fund isn't "bankrupt" in the sense that Social Security could be bankrupt. The Highway Trust Fund is a "lockbox" to assure that gas tax funds are only spent for the purpose. What ASCE is saying [[and I is an inguneer) is that the perceived need for highway rehab and bridge replacement in the future will exceed expected revenues from the gas tax and that lack of new revenues will allow further deterioration of the highway infrastructure.
The ASCE link clearly states that the Highway Trust Fund is depleted. Please read.

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the balance of the Fund at the beginning of December 2009 was $ 6,068,560,867. This includes a total of $15 billion transferred to the Fund from the General Fund at the end of FY07 and FY08.
Do the math.