Hillsborough MPO and Tampa Bay Regional Council in Florida won a 2020 Excellence in Regional Transportation Award for their work on the Resilient Tampa Bay project. Hillsborough MPO led a three-county effort to review the impact of extreme weather on regional transportation. The project was a Federal Highway Administration-funded pilot, and two surface transportation assets were analyzed in each county. This project assessed the potential climate vulnerability and risks on transportation networks due to storm surge, flooding, and sea level rise; screened and prioritized critical transportation facilities; identified adaptation strategies and candidate projects; compared potential economic impact and adaptation costs, and provided recommendations for inclusion of resiliency strategies in the decision-making process of transportation planning.
