JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration awarded 13 grants totaling $46,191,477.48 to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) for numerous different projects.

This includes several projects locally.

In the fall of 2019, the State of North Dakota experienced flooding as a result of a combination of late summer and fall rainfall and a historic October blizzard. The unprecedented precipitation resulted in a significant rise to the West James River basin. The basin flooding resulted in highway inundations in Burleigh, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, Lamoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman, and Wells Counties.

Those counties will be receiving approximately $7.52 million to address and repair highway damage from the West James River Basin flood.

Another $2.11 million has been made available to repair damage from the 2019 Sheyenne/James River Basin flood.

Unprecedented flooding in the fall of 2019 resulted in very wet soils, full wetlands, full prairie potholes, and high base stream flows, which combined with recorded historic precipitation levels from September 2019 to early April 2020, and snowpack of 150 to 300 percent of normal levels has led to widespread flooding of state and county roadways during spring runoff.

Barnes & Walsh counties will also receive around $573,890.13 to repaire damages from the same flooding.

According to DOT, these funds are awarded to North Dakota after President Donald Trump issued a formal emergency declaration. Eligible repair work includes emergency repairs needed to restore essential traffic, minimize the extent of damage, or protect the remaining facilities as well as permanent repairs necessary to restore the highway to its pre-disaster condition.

These funds come after the North Dakota Delegation urged President Trump to declare a disaster for the spring flooding and applauded the Administration for approving Governor Burgum’s disaster declaration.