Safeguarding the alamo area transportation network

The Federal Highway Administration awarded $485,000 to the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization on June 22, 2026, under the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) program (CFDA 20.284). The award funds safeguarding the Alamo area transportation network, with performance through September 30, 2028, in Texas. The PROTECT program provides grants for projects that strengthen surface transportation resilience to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning activities, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure. The Alamo Area MPO, a local government metropolitan planning organization, conducts regional transportation planning activities including long and short range transportation planning, transportation improvement programs, transportation conformity analysis, congestion management processes, and public outreach.