The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has launched another in its long series of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act competitive grant programs—this time focused on projects aimed at protecting roads, bridges, ports, passenger rail and pedestrian facilities from damage from storms and other natural disasters.
The new round of Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient and Cost-Saving Transportation, or PROTECT, grants, which the agency announced on April 21, makes available a total of $848 million, which will draw on the law's fiscal 2022 and 2023 dollars.