Emergency Relief (ER) Program
Department Of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Funding under this program is to aid Federal, State and local highway agencies with unusually heavy expenses of repairing serious damage to Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands resulting from natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause. This Assistance Listing 20.271 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.205, please refer to former ALN 20.205 for FY24 and FY25 financial obligations. The new Assistance Listing 20.271 will be utilized by DOT
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Helps state and local governments repair highways and roads damaged by natural disasters. Provides funding to cover repair costs, supplementing other resources.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Federal funding to repair eligible Federal-aid highways and Federal lands roads damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic failures. Federal share typically covers 80-90% of costs (90% for Interstate, 80% for others), with 100% available for Federal Lands Management Agencies (FLMA) and for emergency repairs accomplished within 270 days post-disaster (extension possible per site). Program has an annual authorization of $100 million, supplemented periodically by Congress.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: transportation, infrastructure
Region: United States, Federal-aid highways, Federal lands roads
Other Criteria: State Departments of Transportation, political subdivisions of States, other Federal agencies, Federal Lands Management Agencies (FLMA), Roads must have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disaster or catastrophic failure from an external cause, Damage to highways must be severe, occur over a wide area, and result in unusually high expenses to the highway agency, Catastrophic failure must be sudden, cause disastrous impact on transportation services, and result in unusually high expenses to the highway agency (not an inherent flaw)
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