Federal Highway Administration – Emergency Relief Program
The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief (ER) program can help state and local public agencies with reimbursement funds for repairs of damages on Federal-aid eligible roads after a disaster has been declared.
The repair work within the right of way of Federal-aid roads is usually eligible to receive ER funds, if the roadway is in an affected county that is included in the Governor’s Proclamation or the Presidential Declaration for each disaster.
The decision to seek financial assistance for a disaster event under the FWHA’s ER program rests with MoDOT. A minimum damage amount statewide has to be met for any disaster to become eligible for ER funds. Local public agencies with damage to Federal-aid roads should make their application for ER reimbursement through MoDOT. It is MoDOT’s responsibility to seek ER funding for the repair of Federal-aid highways and roads, regardless of which jurisdiction those roads are located.
FHWA offers an emergency relief program for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads which have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause. MoDOT administers the program for Missouri.