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PORT FUNDING

The Author

Program: This program supports large, complex projects that

Macek are dif? cult to fund by other means and likely to generate na-

Nathan Macek serves as HDR’s infrastructure ? nance tional or regional economic, mobility or safety bene? ts. director. He has more than 20 years of experience ap- plying innovative approaches to budgetary challenges • FEMA BRIC – Building Resilient Infrastructure faced by public agencies. His passion is assisting infra- and Communities: Aims to categorically shift the federal structure owners in evaluating funding options and de- veloping strategies to secure grants and other funding. focus away from reactive disaster spending toward research- supported, proactive investment in community resilience.

Projects must reduce or eliminate risk from natural hazards

The Author through infrastructure projects, policy development or work-

Landau force enhancements.

Aurah Landau is a trusted Alaskan advisor on federal • FRA CRISI – Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and infrastructure grants and is a sought-after speaker, strategist, and team leader. She leads HDR’s Alaska

Safety Improvements: Invests in projects to improve rail-

Area grant program and supports infrastructure grant road safety, ef? ciency and reliability; mitigate congestion at and strategic communication projects across the state. intercity passenger and freight rail chokepoints to support more ef? cient travel and goods movement; enhance mul-

The Author timodal connections; and lead to new or substantially im- proved intercity passenger rail transportation corridors.

Keller • USDOT SMART – Strengthening Mobility and Rev-

Kevin Keller is HDR’s intermodal transportation plan- ning lead, with more than 30 years of experience in olutionizing Transportation: Provides grants to conduct the A/E/C industry. He has specialized in grant-writing, demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city com- primarily for ports and rail owners. In that time, he has helped more than 25 port and rail clients successfully munity technologies and systems in a variety of communities obtain more than $400m in grant funding.

to improve transportation ef? ciency and safety.

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