Florida Statutes Title XXVI. Public Transportation § 339.157. Resilience action plan

(a) Recommend strategies to enhance infrastructure and the operational resilience of the State Highway System that may be incorporated into the transportation asset management plan.

(b) Recommend design changes to retrofit existing state highway facilities and to construct new state highway facilities.

(c) Enhance partnerships to address multijurisdictional resilience needs.

(a) An assessment of the State Highway System to identify roadway facilities and drainage outfalls that may be subject to vulnerabilities associated with tidal, rainfall, the combination of tidal and rainfall, and storm surge flooding, including future projections of sea level rise, using existing data for current and forecasted future events. As part of the assessment, the department shall, using the most up-to-date National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration precipitation frequency and sea level rise data, do all of the following:

(b) A systemic review of the department's policies, procedures, manuals, tools, and guidance documents to identify revisions that will facilitate cost-effective improvements to address existing and future State Highway System infrastructure vulnerabilities associated with flooding and sea level rise.

(c) Provision of technical assistance to local agencies and modal partners on resilience issues related to the State Highway System and the deployment of local and regional solutions.