Transportation – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT)

Supports planning for and making surface transportation more resilient to current and future weather events, natural disasters, and changing conditions, such as severe storms, flooding, drought, levee and dam failures, wildfire, rockslides, mudslides, sea level rise, extreme weather, including extreme temperatures, and earthquakes. Multiple grant types available, including Planning Grants, Resilience Improvement Grants, Community Resilience and Evacuation Routes Grants, and At-Risk Costal Infrastructure Grants. Pre-development, development, and construction activities are eligible.

Details

• Funding Entity: Federal Highway Administration
• Funding Type: Grant
• Funding Range: No minimum or maximum. Based on past awards, the anticipated award range for Resilience Improvement, Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants, and At-Risk Costal Infrastructure Grants is $500,000 to $60 M. For Planning Grants, the anticipated award range is $100,000 to $10 M.
• Match Required: Planning grants no match. Remainder of grants 20% of total project cost.

Notes

Economic benefit-cost analysis required for most projects except for Planning and At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure grants.It can be helpful to consult with the Vermont Agency of Transportation prior to applying for this grant.

Apply Via: : Grants.gov

Apply here: https://www.transportation.gov/rural/grant-toolkit/promoting-resilient-operations-transformative-efficient-and-cost-saving