美国.S. Department of 运输 (点) awarded Harris County and Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) more than $10 million to support transportation infrastructure projects that aim to enhance resiliency against climate change.
这一宣布是拜登-哈里斯政府更广泛倡议的一部分, 促进有弹性的变革行动, 高效和成本节约运输(PROTECT)计划, 根据《Hga010皇冠软件下载》和《皇冠HGA010官方下载》设立. PROTECT将为全国80个项目提供近8.3亿美元的赠款.
根据 点哈里斯县将获得超过9美元.6 million to develop a master plan evaluating drainage infrastructure capacity of local roadways within the county’s unincorporated areas that are experiencing rapid growth and frequent flooding. 与此同时，H-GAC将获得1美元.1 million to create a Resilience Improvement Plan for transportation systems across the eight-county region that are prone to severe weather, 自然灾害和洪水.
“美国的每个社区都知道气候变化和极端天气的影响, including increasingly frequent heavy rain and flooding events across the country and sea-level rise that is inundating infrastructure in coastal states,联邦公路管理局(Federal Highway Administration)的谢伦·巴特(Shailen Bhatt)在一份声明中说 声明. “This investment from the Biden-Harris Administration will ensure our infrastructure is built to withstand more frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, which is vitally important for people and businesses that rely on roads and bridges being open to keep our economy moving.”
自2015年以来，这座城市经历了六次联邦宣布的洪水灾害, 这些项目对休斯顿的繁荣至关重要. 进一步推进保护等公共政策, 大休斯顿伙伴关系最近访问了华盛顿, D.C., to advocate for the use of funds from the new Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) program, 这将为休斯顿地区的洪水缓解项目提供数十亿美元的资金.
另外, 与联邦, 州和地方民选官员, 伙伴关系一直在积极推动 海岸屏障工程又名艾克堤，向前. 这个重要的基础设施项目, 即将得到国会的批准, will help mitigate crippling flooding from catastrophic storm surges and save tens of billions of dollars in disaster recovery funding by protecting vulnerable communities. 该屏障还将保护休斯顿航道, 是哪个经济引擎为国家提供动力.
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