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TRB releases report on resilience after natural disasters in transportation infrastructure

On June 11, 2018, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) released a prepublication, unedited version of “Synthesis 527: Resilience in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Management, Policy, and Administration” by Aimee Flannery, Maria A. Pena and Jessica Manns. The draft report documents resilience efforts and how they are organized, understood and implemented [...]

By IFAI|2018-06-12T14:40:29-05:00June 12, 2018|

Army Corps apportions funding for short-term natural disaster recovery projects

On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced short-term projects that it will complete with funding provided in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law Feb. 9, 2018. The act provides USACE a total of $17.398 billion in six appropriations accounts: Investigations; Construction; Mississippi River and Tributaries; Operation and [...]

By IFAI|2018-05-24T10:35:34-05:00May 24, 2018|

USDOT announces $1 billion in emergency relief for road and bridge repairs

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced April 13, 2018, the release of more than $1 billion in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help 32 states, several U.S. territories and some federal land management agencies repair roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods and other unexpected events. FHWA’s ER program reimburses [...]

By IFAI|2018-04-17T16:58:44-05:00April 17, 2018|

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