Peer Exchange Summary Report: Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience

To inform the development of an implementation guide, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted four regional peer exchanges in Spring 2018 on nature-based solutions that improve coastal highway resilience. This peer exchange summary provides a synthesis of the key examples of nature-based solutions and recommendations for successful planning and implementation. In addition, the report discusses challenges that can arise across planning, permitting, partnerships and engagement, engineering and design, and monitoring and maintenance. Similar challenges were identified at all four peer exchanges, including, for example: uncertainty around the performance of nature-based solutions; insufficient understanding of the costs and benefits of nature-based solutions and funding available for them; lengthy permitting processes; and complexities associated with the broad coordination required to implement and maintain nature-based solutions.The peer exchanges were held at: Mobile, Alabama – February 15, 2018; Oakland, California – April 10, 2018; Lewes, Delaware – April 17, 2018; and Wilmington, North Carolina – April 19, 2018.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/ongoing_and_current_research/green_infrastructure/coastal_highways/fhwahep18070.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43620
• Corporate Authors:

  ICF Consulting

  1725 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1000
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  South Coast Engineers

  PO Box 72
  Fairhope, AL  United States  36533

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cherry, Charlotte
  • Dix, Brenda
  • Asam, Susan
  • Webb, Bret
  • Douglass, Scott
• Publication Date: 2018-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 57p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coastal zone management; Coasts; Disaster resilience; Highways; Implementation; Recommendations; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Peer exchange
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01680317
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HEP-18-070
• Contract Numbers: DTFH6117F00098
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 13 2018 9:13AM