The Iowa Resilience Improvement Plan (RIP) outlines key components designed to bolster the state’s transportation system resilience:

Climate Consideration: This includes a review of Iowa’s climate over time, evaluations of billion-dollar natural disasters, and analysis of near-term and long-term climate and weather trends.

Hazard Summary and Assessment: The plan details natural and other hazards that could impact Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, incorporating a risk prioritization matrix and priority hazard analysis.

Resiliency Toolbox: It identifies natural and man-made countermeasures to mitigate hazards, discusses potential tools like policy adaptations, research, and co-beneficial improvements, and outlines strategies to enhance transportation resilience across the state.

Targeted Corridors and Segments: The plan lists specific corridors or segments of Iowa’s transportation network that are particularly susceptible to flooding and other natural disasters, emphasizing areas of high risk.