HDOT Climate Resilience Action Plan | May 2021

TRAINING PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE AND CROSS-AGENCY STAFF TRAINING OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF HDOT’S CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND SYSTEM RESILIENCE EFFORTS HDOT will develop training materials on climate adaptation and system resilience to educate its staff on best practices and methods for anticipating and addressing climate-related effects. Topics of such training could include: (1) overall understanding of these climate-related effects and methods for incorporating resilience throughout agency practice; (2) incremental actions and strategies to improve system resilience; (3) job-specific and relevant training on resilience approaches; (4) strategies for better integrating planning and design/engineering in terms of adaptation strategies; and (5) existing and new internal policies and practices that may impact agency actions. The TERC would be a good tool for fostering a common interagency understanding through this training effort, or associated training, due to its cross-disciplinary approach. This training should also be offered to local planning agencies and city/local governments with interest in climate change risks. Rating of Implementation Effort: Low PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR STATEWIDE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES This action recognizes HDOT’s unique position in State government relating to project development and program management and established ties to State and local leaders. A climate adaptation strategy for the highway system must cover many sectors and encompass a whole-of-government approach to creating the funding and political support for preparing the State for all possible future climate-related effects. This action will include working with other State agencies to assess the capital needs for adapting infrastructure to climate change, including the State’s Office of Planning, which is the lead agency for coordinating a statewide response to climate change adaptation and sustainability; and within HDOT among all the units, including with the Office of Statewide Transportation Planning (STP). Because of its large amount of physical assets and experience with infrastructure project implementation, HDOT can be an effective catalyst for establishing the institutional and funding

structures to support an Action Plan to implement a statewide climate adaptation strategy. Rating of Implementation Effort: Medium REINFORCE CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY AGENCIES AND OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE CRITICAL IN IMPLEMENTING THIS ACTION PLAN The participation of other agencies or groups will be required for the successful implementation of this Action Plan. HDOT will prioritize the dialogue concerning this Action Plan and climate considerations with multiple stakeholders, including funding agencies (such as FEMA and FHWA), agencies responsible for land use policy, regulatory agencies, researchers, utility companies, and regulatory agencies. For a description of stakeholders and their relevance to HDOT, please see Appendix D. Rating of Implementation Effort: Low ACKNOWLEDGE HDOT’S CRITICAL ROLE IN CLIMATE ADAPTATION HDOT will continue to play an active role in State efforts to prepare for future climate-related disruptions. Given its mandate to provide and preserve the State’s highway network—one of the most important networks to the State that affects the lives of every citizen—HDOT is in a unique position to move the State in a more active and engaged strategy in climate adaptation. HDOT will foster better public awareness of the climate adaptation challenges being faced—economic loss, community disruption, impacts on trade and tourism, and health and safety, among others—and serve as a role model for other agencies. This awareness will be accomplished through public education efforts; leadership in State, county, and local collaborations; formal agreements with partner agencies; and positioning the agency with State legislators and key State officials as a source of information on the climate adaptation challenges facing the State. This role will also include continuing to participate actively in the State’s Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, other activities of the State’s Office of Planning, the City and County of Honolulu’s Climate Change Commission, and similar efforts in other counties. Rating of Implementation Effort: Low

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