Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Award
Study ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Federal Highway Administration
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Infrastructure (Design, Construction, Maintenance)
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to accept from the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT)/Federal Highway Administration grant funds in the amount of $9,635,733.46, with no required match, and to execute the grant agreement for the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Harris County Road Drainage Master Plan Project.
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Background and Discussion:
The purpose of the PROTECT Grant is to plan for and strengthen surface transportation to be more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through formula and competitive discretionary grants. The Countywide Stormwater Drainage Master Plan aims to assess the status of drainage infrastructure capacity deficiencies in unincorporated areas of the county. By integrating existing data and conducting flood modeling, the plan identifies vulnerable areas prone to various flood hazards and will conduct preliminary design.
This funding will support Phase 2 tasks of the ongoing Harris County Road Drainage Master Plan. This study eval...
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