On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it is providing $229.9 million of emergency relief funds to 26 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. Funding will help support repair needs following natural disasters, catastrophic events and extreme weather.
“As communities recover from the impacts of increasingly extreme weather, they have our support in the process of restoring and rebuilding their transportation infrastructure,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “With the $229.9 million we’re announcing today, our Department is helping communities across the country to restore the transportation links that Americans depend upon to stay connected to jobs, schools, and one another.”
Funding consists of requests from State Departments of Transportation that were unable to be fully funded in September due to limited program funding. This includes funding for repairs from Hurricane Ian and Nicole, flooding in California, mudslides in Vermont and other disasters.
The Continuing Appropriations Act and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 was signed into law on Dec. 21, 2024, and included more than $8 billion of additional funding for the FHWA Emergency Relief Program that gave FHWA the ability to fully fund emergency relief requests from Sept. 2024.
“Natural disasters dramatically impact the lives of countless communities across the nation, and this funding can often be crucial to repair damaged transportation connections that travelers rely upon,” said Acting Federal Highway Deputy Administrator Gloria M. Shepherd. “The Federal Highway Administration works with these states to help ensure they receive the funding quickly.”
Source: FHWA
