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FHWA has posted the <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fgrants.gov%2Fsearch-results-detail%2F356840/1/01010192ddb9d553-55656ccb-d79c-4f02-b45b-4e633e6074c1-000000/cy1qEVlM8C59az5HTIVhE5a7paeLPVwNQW5B6cXJkUw=377" id="OWA28c33507-d233-3a2a-a065-0e2806f8d108" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">Fiscal
Years (FY) 2024-2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity</a></u></span> (NOFO) for the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grant Program, a competitive grant program created by the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help make surface transportation more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.</div>
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This NOFO offers a total of up to $876 million in funding through two application periods, including up to $576 million for FYs 2024 and 2025, and up to $300 million for FY 2026. The FY 2024-2025 application period opened on October 25, 2024, and will remain
open for applications through February 24, 2025.</div>
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<b>PROTECT Notice of Funding Opportunity Webinars:</b></div>
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<b>How to Apply (Webinar #1)</b> Thursday, November 7, 2024 from 1-2 PM ET</div>
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Registration Link: <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fusdot.zoomgov.com%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_YelwxJtFRTyeMPaeEaT9Tg%23%2Fregistration/1/01010192ddb9d553-55656ccb-d79c-4f02-b45b-4e633e6074c1-000000/M00-Der91u-pV6EKrZ42-vgI2osnlLJSipEUG8HbW64=377" id="OWA836f9c56-3bc3-7931-034c-9066bce52de9" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_YelwxJtFRTyeMPaeEaT9Tg#/registration</a></u></span></div>
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<b>How to Apply (Webinar #2)</b> Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 4-5 PM ET (covers the same content as Webinar #1)</div>
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Registration Link: <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fusdot.zoomgov.com%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_YelwxJtFRTyeMPaeEaT9Tg%23%2Fregistration/2/01010192ddb9d553-55656ccb-d79c-4f02-b45b-4e633e6074c1-000000/IyPFRPPjJI7-aOOag8QowP48lVOyF8JcfMbI1cy6ymA=377" id="OWAb2af6da1-96b4-24eb-e9a8-3d39b89c6cfe" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_YelwxJtFRTyeMPaeEaT9Tg#/registration</a></u></span></div>
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<b>How to Apply (for Tribes)</b> Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 2-3 PM ET</div>
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<b>Preparing a Benefit Cost Analysis </b></div>
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Monday, November 18, 2024 from 2-3:30 PM ET</div>
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<b>More</b>: The vision of the PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program is to fund projects that address the climate crisis by improving the resilience of the surface transportation system, including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger
rail. Projects selected under this program should be grounded in the best available scientific understanding of climate change risks, impacts, and vulnerabilities. They should support the continued operation or rapid recovery of crucial local, regional, or
national surface transportation facilities. <b>Furthermore, selected projects should utilize innovative and collaborative approaches to risk reduction, including the use of natural infrastructure, which is explicitly eligible under the program. Also called
nature-based solutions, these strategies include conservation, restoration, or construction of riparian and streambed treatments, marshes, wetlands, native vegetation, stormwater bioswales, breakwaters, reefs, dunes, parks, urban forests, and shade trees.
</b>They reduce flood risks, erosion, wave damage, and heat impacts while also creating habitat, filtering pollutants, and providing recreational benefits. Projects in the PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program have the potential to demonstrate innovation and
best practices that State and local governments in other parts of the country can consider replicating.</div>
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4 types of grants:</div>
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Planning: To develop resilience improvement plans.</li><li style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
Resilience Improvement: To enhance existing surface transportation assets against weather events, natural disasters, or changing conditions.</li><li style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
Community Resilience and Evacuation Route: For activities that strengthen and protect evacuation routes.</li><li style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure: For activities to strengthen, stabilize, harden, elevate, relocate or otherwise enhance the resilience of highway and non-rail infrastructure.</li></ul>
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<b>Eligibility</b>: There is broad applicant eligibility for all levels of government to be direct recipients of funds. States, Territories, MPOs, local governments, Indian Tribes, public transportation agencies, and port authorities can apply directly to FHWA.
A Federal land management agency may be eligible if the agency applies jointly with a State or group of States.</div>
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