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Resilience

Extreme weather, sea level change, and changes in environmental conditions threaten the considerable federal investment in transportation infrastructure. FHWA is working with States and metropolitan areas to increase the health and longevity of the Nation's Highways through:

• Assessing vulnerabilities
• Considering resilience in the transportation planning process
• Incorporating resilience in asset management plans
• Addressing resilience in project development and design
• Optimizing operations and maintenance practices

Guidance

• HEC-17: Hydraulic Engineering Circular 17: Highways in the River Environment - Floodplains, Extreme Events, Risk, and Resilience
• Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 25 - 3rd Edition: Highways in the Coastal Environment (January 2020)
• FHWA Order 5520
• Funding Eligibility Memo

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Framework and Pilots:

• FHWA Adaptation Framework, 3rd Edition (PDF, 19MB)
• Resilience Pilots
• Final Report on Round 2 Pilots (PDF 3 MB)

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Research Projects

• Integrating Resilience into the Transportation Planning Process
• Nature-based Resilience (ongoing)
• Gulf Coast Study (completed)
• Hurricane Sandy Follow-up (completed)
• International Practices (ongoing)
• Transportation Engineering Approaches to Climate Resiliency – TEACR (completed)

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