US EditionODOT Receives $83 Million in Disaster Recovery Reimbursement Grants
- Eight grants totaling more than $83 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief Program are being awarded to Oregon for disaster recovery efforts.
- The funding reimburses ODOT for repairs after natural disasters from 2017 to January 2024, including floods, wildfires, ice storms, and landslides.
- Key projects include $30.7 million for 2020 Labor Day fire damage, $23.2 million for severe winter storms in December 2022, and $20 million for the January 2024 ice storm.
- Senators Merkley and Wyden said the grants support infrastructure vital for safe communities amid increasing extreme weather driven by climate change.
- This federal support enables ongoing recovery across Oregon, ensuring critical roadways remain safe and accessible despite recurring severe weather.
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ODOT receives $83 million in disaster recovery reimbursement grants
The Oregon Department of Transportation received eight grants from the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief Program, totaling more than $83 million.The grants will reimburse the state for money spent on work that helped rehabilitate road and other infrastructure damaged by natural disasters.The events that made the work necessary date back as far as 2017, and include floods, ice storms, wildfires and landslides.A joint press release…
ODOT Road Construction Update - Rogue River Press
Image courtesy of ODOT. JACKSON COUNTY • OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek and Millers Gulch Bridge replacement project ($11 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=22290 This project will replace three 1920s-era bridges on Rogue River Highway with structures that are better able to withstand earthquakes. The bridges are located east of the city of Rogue River at…
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ODOT to receive over $80M for natural disaster recovery efforts
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is receiving to $83,215,245 for work it completed to repair roads and other critical infrastructure that were deeply damaged during natural disasters.
DELEGATION: OVER $80 MILLION TO SUPPORT ODOT'S DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS
June 3, 2025 7:00 a.m. On Monday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along the state’s five Democratic House members announced that the Oregon Department of Transportation is receiving over $83 million for work it completed to repair roads and other critical infrastructure that were deeply damaged during natural disasters. A joint release said the federal funds from the Federal Highway Administration will be used to reimburse ODO…
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