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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 natural disaster or catastrophic failures from an external cause.

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

FHWA Emergency relief manual

The damage assessment form (DAF) must be filled out for each site.
DAF Cover (required)
Cost Calculation (optional; but the information is required)
Photo (optional; but the information is required)


DAF Instructions 2011 (Please read, as most of the DAF has been reformatted
City and County abbreviations for the DAF No.
DAFs Submitted to FHWA
Functional classification link routes that are grey or yellow are not FHWA routes.

Video
FHWA training CD- part 1- Application Process & Proceudres (run time approx 19 minutes; may take few minutes to download, please be patient, thank you)

Need Help?
If you have any questions regarding the ER program, please contact your District Local Assistance Engineer
District Local Assistance Engineer"
or
ER Program Coordinator-Teresa McWilliam

A sample finance letter (finance letter.pdf)


The following is a list of links to the FHWA web based California ER training modules.

FHWA on-line Training modules:

  1. Pre-training Quiz
  2. Program Overview
  3. Application Process
  4. EO vs. PR
  5. Eligibility
  6. DAF
  7. ER Specifics
  8. ER example