FHWA Announces $729 Million to Repair Roads and Bridges Damaged by Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather Events
WASHINGTON – As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s coordinated approach to help states repair and rebuild roads and bridges, the Federal Highway Administration today announced it is providing $729.4 million to 34 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The funds will be used to support repair needs following natural disasters, extreme weather, or catastrophic events, such as hurricanes, flooding and mudslides. These events will receive federal reimbursement funding under the FHWA’s Emergency Relief (ER) program as the result of major disaster declarations.
“As the climate crisis accelerates, more Americans are feeling the consequences in the form of extreme weather that devastates communities and destroys vital infrastructure,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “These funds will help restore critical transportation connections across the country as communities continue to repair and rebuild infrastructure damaged by extreme weather.”
FHWA’s Emergency Relief Program supports the Department’s priority of addressing climate change by providing funding to help states perform repairs following major natural disasters and extreme weather events.
“Climate change is devastating communities across the U.S., in every state. Our transportation system was not designed to handle the climate impacts we are seeing in the 21st Century,” said FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt. “Since January 2022, FHWA has distributed over $1.3 billion in Emergency Relief dollars to help states make repairs because of climate-related events. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing new programs and funding opportunities to help our transportation system be more resilient to climate change and get people and goods where they need to go safely.”
The program includes funding for continued repairs from the 2022 flooding in and around Yellowstone Park; 2022 Hurricanes Ian, Fiona, and Nicole; 2023 flooding and mudslides in Vermont; and other disasters across the country. The funding will be used to reconstruct highways and bridges and protect the travelling public from further damages and allow for resiliency improvements as damages are repaired.
The funds are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s holistic approach to building more resilient infrastructure, in order to make our transportation infrastructure better able to withstand damage from catastrophic events caused by climate change. Additional programs to address these challenges include the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula and Discretionary Grant programs, providing a total of $8.7 billion. A listing of FY 2024 Emergency Relief Program allocations with funding information for each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico can be found ER – Federal-aid Programs – Federal-aid Programs and Special Funding – Federal Highway Administration (dot.gov) .
FY 2024 Emergency Relief Program Sem-Annual Allocations
| State | Event | Proposed Allocation | Subtotal by State |
| Alabama | June 10, 2023 Storms and Flooding | $5,500,000.00 | $10,000,000.00 |
| March 24, 2023 Storms and Flooding | $1,000,000.00 | ||
| September 14, 2020 Hurricane Sally | $3,500,000.00 | ||
| Alaska | March 1, 2015 Damage Resulting from Dalton Highway Flooding | $1,316,032.37 | $6,907,239.37 |
| September 15-20, 2022, Storms and Flooding | $5,591,207.00 | ||
| Arizona | May 03, 2023 Bridge Damage and Fire | $11,140,600.00 | $36,819,241.23 |
| July 13, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $20,618,400.00 | ||
| June 11, 2022 Contreras Fire | $1,278,100.00 | ||
| August 13, 2021 Monsoon Storms and Flooding | $785,600.00 | ||
| September 23, 2019 Tropical Storm Lorena | $642,600.00 | ||
| July – August 2022, Damages on Coconino, Kaibab and Prescott National Forest | $2,353,941.23 | ||
| Arkansas | July 16, 2019 Hurricane Barry Damage | $1,300,000.00 | $5,377,931.00 |
| April 26, 2017 Storm and Flooding | $2,700,000.00 | ||
| August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura | $584,514.00 | ||
| February 15, 2021, Regional Storm | $293,417.00 | ||
| April 27, 2022, Heavy Rains and Flooding | $500,000.00 | ||
| California | December 20, 2022 Earthquake | $549,185.22 | $124,279,244.44 |
| December 27, 2022 Atmospheric Rivers | $16,321,195.00 | ||
| December 10, 2021 Winter Storms | $685,810.00 | ||
| October 24, 2021 Storms and Flooding | $897,391.00 | ||
| January 26, 2021 Storms and Flooding | $20,452,503.88 | ||
| September 2, 2020 Statewide Wildfires | $10,466,359.72 | ||
| January 5, 2019 Atmospheric River Events | $13,016,437.86 | ||
| January 3, 2017 Severe Statewide Winter Storms | $17,866,425.32 | ||
| October 14, 2015 Rain Storms | $2,638,925.42 | ||
| July 26, 2022, Storm and Flashflood | $5,825,060.59 | ||
| December 2022 – January 2023, Atmospheric Rivers | $656,461.07 | ||
| December 2022 – January 2023, Atmospheric Rivers | $11,184,563.01 | ||
| March 9, 2022, Atmospheric Rivers | $1,176,673.30 | ||
| March 9, 2022 Atmospheric Rivers | $22,542,253.05 | ||
| Colorado | June 26, 2021 Mud and Rockfall on I-70 | $1,841,159.97 | $2,641,159.97 |
| 2024 Division Disaster Assessments | $800,000.00 | ||
| District of Columbia | July 8, 2019, Summer Storm | $133,944.00 | $133,944.00 |
| Florida | November 10, 2022 Hurricane Nicole | $72,185,195.91 | $223,249,357.72 |
| September 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian | $145,092,267.81 | ||
| September 16, 2020, Hurricane Sally Highway 399 (Route 11) Temporary Traffic Measures | $9,025.00 | ||
| September 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian | $1,008,905.00 | ||
| September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian | $1,321,169.00 | ||
| September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian | $3,632,795.00 | ||
| Hawaii | March 08, 2021 Storms and Flooding | $24,448,081.73 | $24,448,081.73 |
| Idaho | June 5, 2022, Rain, Snowmelt, and Flooding | $1,949,169.00 | $1,949,169.00 |
| Kentucky | July 26, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $10,000,000.00 | $12,273,399.00 |
| December 31, 2021 Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, and Tornadoes | $500,000.00 | ||
| February 2019, Flooding | $54,837.00 | ||
| July 2022, Flooding | $1,718,562.00 | ||
| Louisiana | August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida | $6,618,716.80 | $7,382,869.80 |
| October 5, 2021, Hurricane Delta | $400,000.00 | ||
| October 5, 2021, Hurricane Delta | $364,153.00 | ||
| Michigan | April 11, 2023 Storms and Flooding | $2,200,000.00 | $2,200,000.00 |
| Minnesota | June 18, 2020 Landslide in Nicollet County | $50,000.00 | $3,908,053.00 |
| May 11, 2022, Flooding | $1,804,000.00 | ||
| May 11, 2022, Flooding | $2,054,053.00 | ||
| Missouri | April 28, 2017 Severe Storms and Flooding F | $10,611.78 | $10,611.78 |
| Montana | June 5-30, 2022, Rain, Snowmelt, & Flooding | $11,981,920.00 | $28,256,349.00 |
| June 5-30, 2022, Rain, Snowmelt, and Flooding | $16,274,429.00 | ||
| Nevada | January 08, 2023 Landslide or Rockslide | $7,300,000.00 | $7,300,000.00 |
| New Jersey | September 1, 2021 Remnants of Hurricane Ida | $12,373,415.00 | $13,103,555.00 |
| September 2021, Hurricane Ida | $730,140.00 | ||
| North Carolina | August 17, 2021 Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred | $1,543,465.00 | $12,251,600.78 |
| November 11, 2020 Storms and Flooding | $1,317,047.00 | ||
| February 6, 2020 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding | $1,022,172.78 | ||
| October 2020, Tropical Storm Zeta | $250,000.00 | ||
| August 9, 2021, Tropical Storm Fred | $7,218,916.00 | ||
| August 10, 2023, Storm Event | $900,000.00 | ||
| North Dakota | April 10, 2023, Overland and Riverine Flooding due to Above Normal Snow Melt | $900,000.00 | $5,677,882.64 |
| April 12, 2022 Severe Flooding in Eastern North Dakota | $4,777,882.64 | ||
| Ohio | March 19, 2020 Abnormal Storms and Flooding | $2,246,000.00 | $2,613,000.00 |
| June 18, 2019 Heavy Rain and Flooding | $367,000.00 | ||
| Oklahoma | May 2, 2022, Storms and Flashflooding | $44,011.18 | $65,131.18 |
| May 2, 2022, Storms and Flashflooding | $21,120.00 | ||
| Oregon | May 21, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $4,099,467.16 | $22,845,341.16 |
| December 30, 2021 Storms and Flooding | $11,814,086.00 | ||
| January 1, 2021 Storms and Flooding | $2,781,850.00 | ||
| January 13, 2022, Storms and Flooding | $2,356,748.00 | ||
| December 2022, Atmospheric River | $1,793,190.00 | ||
| Pennsylvania | June 11, 2023 Tanker Fire, I-95 over Cottman Ave. | $22,000,000.00 | $23,190,000.00 |
| July 30, 2020, Tropical Storm Isaias | $440,000.00 | ||
| September 2021, Hurricane Ida | $750,000.00 | ||
| Puerto Rico | October 26, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $15,000,000.00 | $32,908,802.64 |
| September 18, 2022 Hurricane Fiona | $10,432,989.64 | ||
| September 13, 2022, Hurricane Fiona | $7,475,813.00 | ||
| South Carolina | September 20, 2023 3rd Party | $12,000,000.00 | $12,000,000.00 |
| South Dakota | April 09, 2023 Storms and Flooding | $1,578,955.00 | $1,578,955.00 |
| Tennessee | February 6, 2019, Flooding | $216,390.00 | $13,192,856.00 |
| February 2020, Southeast Storm | $3,590,624.00 | ||
| April 12, 2020, Heavy rains and floods | $6,760,684.00 | ||
| August 9, 2020 Tropical Storm Fred | $2,625,158.00 | ||
| Texas | April 12, 2019 Severe Storms and Flooding | $3,876,185.06 | $3,876,185.06 |
| Utah | August 1, 2021 Extreme Statewide Flooding | $6,151,858.00 | $7,982,032.43 |
| April 27, 2019, Avalanche | $1,830,174.43 | ||
| Vermont | July 07, 2023 Vermont Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides | $37,770,000.00 | $37,770,000.00 |
| Virginia | February 2018, Heavy rains and flooding | $1,040,911.00 | $11,501,097.00 |
| May 2020, Southeast Storm | $23,991.00 | ||
| May 21, 2020, Philpott Lake Flood | $200,000.00 | ||
| April 12, 2020, Heavy Rains | $2,484,174.00 | ||
| May 21, 2020, Heavy Rains and Flooding | $2,000,000.00 | ||
| July 24, 2022, Flooding | $4,535,000.00 | ||
| July 24, 2022, Flooding | $257,021.00 | ||
| 2024 Division Disaster Assessments | $960,000.00 | ||
| Virgin Islands | September 13, 2022, Hurricane Fiona | $217,033.00 | $217,033.00 |
| Washington | July 10, 2023 Storms and Flooding | $250,000.00 | $23,033,729.00 |
| May 14, 2023 Landslide or Rockslide | $600,000.00 | ||
| December 18, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $1,500,000.00 | ||
| November 03, 2022 Storms and Flooding | $600,000.00 | ||
| September 22, 2022 3rd Party Bridge Collision SR 506/108 Bridge I-5 NB [3rd Party Truck Impact] | $300,000.00 | ||
| December 10, 2018 Severe Storms, Extreme rainfall, Flooding and Landslides | $208,999.00 | ||
| February 6, 2020, Rain and Flooding | $4,350,655.00 | ||
| February 2, 2020, Rain and Flooding | $44,443.00 | ||
| October 28, 2021, Fall Storms and Flooding | $5,574,975.00 | ||
| November 3 – December 1, 2021, Fall Storms and Flooding | $8,424,657.00 | ||
| 2024 Division Disaster Assessments | $1,180,000.00 | ||
| West Virginia | October 30, 2017, Flooding | $218,784.00 | $6,894,615.59 |
| August 31, 2018, Flooding | $1,731,035.59 | ||
| June 30, 2019, Flooding | $2,538,696.00 | ||
| August 11, 2022, Flooding | $1,906,100.00 | ||
| May 8, 2023, Flooding | $500,000.00 | ||
| Wisconsin | March 15, 2019, Flooding | $243,000.00 | $243,000.00 |
| Wyoming | June 5, 2022, Heavy Rains/ Snowmelt and Severe Flooding in and around Yellowstone National Park | $1,300,000.00 | $1,300,000.00 |
| Total | $729,381,467.52 | $729,381,467.52 |
