The results of the first-ever infrastructure report card for Rhode Island are in, with the coastal state winning a passing grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers. But it was not exactly with flying colors, with the Rhode Island chapter of the ASCE handing out a C- to the Ocean State due to decades of underinvestment in its roads and bridges.

On the plus side, Rhode Island has been beefing up spending on its roadways since 2016, when the state pushed ahead with the $5-billion RhodeWorks program, aimed at bringing the state’s transportation infrastructure up to grade by 2025. However, the Rhode Island Dept. of transportation has pegged more than $378 million in road repairs for which it currently has no funding, while “Rhode Island’s share of rural roads in poor condition is ranked as the highest in the nation,” the report notes.

The Rhode Island report card, as well as other ASCE state and regional infrastructure report cards, are modeled after the ASCE’s national report card. By comparison, the ASCE gave a gave out a D+ to the nation’s infrastructure in 2017.