LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Caltrans District 1 has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s Climate Change and Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Options Analyses Pilot Projects Program to assess short and long-term climate change adaptation strategies for four pilot project locations.  

The four District 1 pilot projects represent distinct environmental challenges, and are areas regularly impacted by extreme weather events.  

They include a flood zone in Lake County, and locations in the coastal zones of Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino counties.  

The adaptation assessment will address such factors as extreme weather events, sea level rise and chronic landslides.

“Through the recent award and matched funding, this proactive approach enables us to identify feasible, innovative, and cost effective measures to preserve and protect the state’s transportation investments. It gives us the opportunity to take a focused look at several locations in our region where we’ve identified different kinds of vulnerable infrastructure.  We’ll be able to develop a range of adaptation strategies, both short and long term,” said Rex Jackman, Caltrans District 1 regional and system planning branch chief.

District 1 is one of 19 state and regional transportation agencies nationwide to receive a grant from the program.

Caltrans will enhance funding by providing an additional $200,000 to match the federal grant.