{"id":19296,"date":"2024-04-18T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19296"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:40:09","slug":"merkley-wyden-announce-over-11-million-for-oregon-projects-to-strengthen-transportation-and-infrastructure-resilience-to-climate-chaos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-announce-over-11-million-for-oregon-projects-to-strengthen-transportation-and-infrastructure-resilience-to-climate-chaos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $11 Million for Oregon Projects to Strengthen Transportation and Infrastructure Resilience to Climate Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gorgenewscenter.com\/2024\/04\/19\/merkley-wyden-announce-over-11-million-for-oregon-projects-to-strengthen-transportation-and-infrastructure-resilience-to-climate-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gorge County Media<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announce today the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is sending a total of $11,434,048 to the state through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program. The investments will support two projects led by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Lane Council of Governments working to strengthen transportation and infrastructure resiliency to face extreme weather events fueled by climate chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cAs climate chaos intensifies, we are seeing the immense strain extreme weather events\u2014from increasingly devastating wildfires to historic flooding\u2014 have on our aging transportation systems and the communities and businesses that rely on them,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>dijo Merkley.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThis first-of-its-kind federal funding program is key to making our roads and bridges safer, more efficient, and climate-focused so they can meet these challenges and keep Oregonians and goods moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOregonians know all too well how the climate crisis can pound communities in the form of wildfires, floods, extreme temperatures and more,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>dijo Wyden.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m glad the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law I worked to pass reflects the urgent need to respond by investing in updates to means of transportation so people and goods can get from point A to point B dependably and safely.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The two PROTECT grants coming to Oregon are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>$6,100,000 for ODOT to replace an existing culvert under Highway 101 with a new bridge over Butte Creek that will better handle the effects of flooding and rising sea levels. Located between Tillamook and Lincoln City, the project also will include a new stream-crossing feature to allow unrestricted migration of native migratory fish.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$5,334,048 for the Lane Council of Governments to complete a Resilience Improvement Plan that evaluates and addresses the vulnerabilities of the area\u2019s multimodal transportation network to weather-related hazards and emergencies. The geographic focus of the project includes the cities of Eugene, Springfield, and Coburg in the Willamette Valley.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This important grant funding will help preserve a key lifeline route by making US 101 more resilient to flooding events and sea level rise,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>dijo el director de ODOT, Kris Strickler.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThis funding will allow ODOT to replace the Butte Creek culvert, which will benefit coastal communities and native fish populations alike. We appreciate Senator Merkley and Senator Wyden\u2019s support of this investment in the resilience of our transportation system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Lane Council of Governments (LCOG), in partnership with Lane County, is excited to receive PROTECT funding to support Resilient Lane, an equity-focused, data-driven planning effort to understand and address the surface transportation network\u2019s vulnerability to hazards in Lane County. This work will result in a county-wide Resilience Improvement Plan to be implemented via a prioritized resilience project list with the top prioritized projects developed to the 30% design level. LCOG looks forward to engaging the Tribes, stakeholder groups, and the public throughout the project to help set priorities, add valuable qualitative input, and help refine project outcomes,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Paul Thompson, Central Lane MPO Manager, Lane Council of Governments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The two projects for Oregon are part of 80 projects across the nation funded through the PROTECT program, which is investing $830 million across four different grant types to help states and local communities save taxpayers money while strengthening surface-transportation systems and making them more resilient to extreme weather events worsened by the climate crisis, flooding, sea-level rise, heat waves, and other disasters. These grants from the historic&nbsp;<em>Ley de Infraestructura Bipartidista<\/em>&nbsp;are the first of their kind dedicated to transportation infrastructure resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full list of PROTECT projects receiving funding, and to learn more about the impact of the program, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/highways.dot.gov\/newsroom\/protect-grant-awards\">AQU\u00cd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>y Media<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorge County Media WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announce today the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is sending a total of $11,434,048 to the state through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program. 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