San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is soliciting proposals from consulting firms to provide professional services in developing the Flood Adaptation Strategy for State Route 4 through the San Joaquin Delta River. This study is in partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The FAS was identified as a Priority Adaptation Strategy in the agency’s 2022 Regional Resiliency Implementation Plan and Adaptation Guidance and aligns with state and federal climate and transportation priorities. The purpose of the proposed FAS, therefore, is to build on the 2022 Regional Resiliency Implementation Plan and Adaptation Guidance and develop a data-driven investment strategy for SR-4 as it experiences increasing flood risk. The proposed strategy will improve and enhance the resiliency of our regional transportation network to a flood event by ensuring the network can more easily absorb, recover from, and adapt to a flooding event. In addition to promoting climate and infrastructure resilience, the proposed strategy will also address public safety, economic resilience, and cost-savings, in the region with a focus that will provide public benefits by (1) minimizing injuries and fatalities as the SR-4 will be able to better support evacuation and emergency response (2) ensuring the continuous flow of people, goods, and services on the regional transportation network during a flood event (3) and reducing maintenance and repair costs on this transportation asset.
