DOT Releases $768 Million in Emergency Relief Highway Funding
April 7, 2017
“Transportation is a lifeline for communities struggling to recover from floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters,” said Chao. “These funds will help with long-term, permanent repairs, as well as, immediate needs to reestablish the transportation networks on which families and businesses alike depend.”
The money all comes from a $1.004 billion emergency supplemental appropriation made in the second FY 2017 continuing resolution (CR) in December 2016 (Public Law 114-254 – see section 191, here).
The specific disasters requiring the funding go as far back as a 2007 flood in Oklahoma, but most are more recent. By far the biggest is $112 million for Colorado for floods that occurred in September 2013 (the state also got another $12 million for rebuilding roads damaged in other disasters).
The ER program also gets $100 million per year in contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund. The table below shows specific amounts released this week.
Release of Highway Emergency Relief Money from the $1 Billion FY 2017 Supplemental Appropriation |
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| To State DOT | On Federal Lands | Total Released | |
| Alabama | $18,503,741 | $1,097,000 | $19,600,741 |
| Alaska | $4,364,827 | $4,364,827 | |
| Arkansas | $14,209,043 | $19,292,972 | $33,502,015 |
| Arizona | $188,407 | $188,407 | |
| California | $92,509,404 | $13,110,689 | $105,620,093 |
| Colorado | $124,174,769 | $124,174,769 | |
| Delaware | $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | |
| Florida | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | |
| Georgia | $4,257,021 | $4,257,021 | |
| Idaho | $6,004,428 | $2,678,000 | $8,682,428 |
| Illinois | $4,714,092 | $886,721 | $5,600,813 |
| Iowa | $1,545,486 | $1,545,486 | |
| Kansas | $132,691 | $315,379 | $448,070 |
| Kentucky | $1,154,016 | $1,160,416 | $2,314,432 |
| Louisiana | $22,500,000 | $22,500,000 | |
| Michigan | $4,750,208 | $355,000 | $5,105,208 |
| Minnesota | $29,450 | $29,450 | |
| Mississippi | $13,274,693 | $287,749 | $13,562,442 |
| Missouri | $10,801,339 | $2,974,850 | $13,776,189 |
| Montana | $578,688 | $33,980 | $612,668 |
| Nebraska | $245,629 | $245,629 | |
| Nevada | $862,225 | $862,225 | |
| New Jersey | $1,895,373 | $1,895,373 | |
| New Mexico | $1,286,159 | $1,286,159 | |
| New York | $1,373,194 | $1,373,194 | |
| North Carolina | $23,680,000 | $4,723,378 | $28,403,378 |
| North Dakota | $477,370 | $477,370 | |
| Ohio | $60,086,145 | $1,048,000 | $61,134,145 |
| Oklahoma | $29,181,324 | $48,577 | $29,229,901 |
| Oregon | $33,377,853 | $5,720,565 | $39,098,418 |
| South Carolina | $74,630,762 | $5,164,732 | $79,795,494 |
| South Dakota | $1,999,605 | $1,999,605 | |
| Tennessee | $9,417,106 | $535,408 | $9,952,514 |
| Texas | $15,650,000 | $503,887 | $16,153,887 |
| Vermont | $7,732,046 | $7,732,046 | |
| Virginia | $8,200,000 | $8,200,000 | |
| Washington | $38,414,687 | $18,902,811 | $57,317,498 |
| West Virginia | $30,747,025 | $4,000,000 | $34,747,025 |
| Wisconsin | $10,245,540 | $2,000,000 | $12,245,540 |
| Wyoming | $5,903,448 | $702,780 | $6,606,228 |
| Total, 4/6/17 ER | $670,328,990 | $97,911,698 | $768,240,688 |
| Other ER releases between Dec. 2016 and Feb. 2017 | $25,500,000 | ||
| Remainder of FY 2017 ER appropriation from GF | $210,276,312 | ||
| Total FY 2017 Emergency Relief appropriation from GF | $1,004,017,000 | ||
