NTL Record

Title Peer Exchange Summary Report: Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience
Record ID 68884
Personal Name
Creator
Cherry, Charlotte; Dix, Brenda; Asam, Susan; Webb, Bret M.; Douglass, Scott L.
Personal Name
Contributor
Hodges, Tina; Lupes, Rebecca; Brown, Eric; Hyman, Robert; Kafalenos, Robert; Holsinger, Heather
Corporate Creator United States. Federal Highway Administration
Corporate
Contributor
ICF; South Coast Engineers
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20180801
Language English
Abstract 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.
Rosap ID dot:43620
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43620
TRT Terms Coastal zone management; Coastal engineering; Disaster resilience; Transportation planning
General Subjects Nature-based solutions; Green infrastructure; Living shorelines; Sea level rise; Storm surge; Wave; Erosion; Highway; Resilience; Vulnerability; Beach; Marsh; Breakwater; Revetment; Oyster reef; Ecology; Coastal processes; Coastal restoration; Mangrove; Maritime forest; Reef; Dune; Engineering
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1680317
Contract Number DTFH6117F00098
Report Number FHWA-HEP-18-XXX
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/68000/68800/68884/FHWA-HEP-18-XXX.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository