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Emergency Relief Program (ER)

The ER program is a special program from the Highway Trust fund for the repair and reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands; which have suffered serious damage as a result of

photograph of a flooded house

 

natural disasters

 
photograph of a collapsed bridge

 

or catastrophic failures from an external cause

 

Additional information about the ER program can be found in the Local Assistance Program Guidelines Chapter 11 "Disaster Assistance" at g11er.pdf and the Emergency Relief Guidebook ergb.htm

 

front cover of Emergency Relief Manual

This link to the FHWA Emergency relief Information webpage, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/cadiv/other/emergency.htm has the blank Damage Assessment Form (DAF), DAF FAQs, and the FWHA Emergency Relief manual:

 

A sample finance letter (finance letter.pdf)
and,
Electronic DAF instructions (for Caltrans staff) (edaf.pdf)

 

The following is a link to the FHWA web based California ER training modules.
California ER Training

There are 7 Modules:  Program Overview, Application Process, EO vs. PR, Eligibility, Damage assessment form, Specifics, and Examples.

You will have to create an account, based on your e-mail address.   Once a year we will have a web based Q and A session that you will be notified about.