Project Background

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) Tribe conducted a Resilience Vulnerability Assessment for the Lake Traverse Reservation’s multimodal transportation systems. This project was funded through US Department of Transportation, PROTECT program. Through this process, the project team assessed environmental hazard vulnerabilities that adversely impact the transportation system, and identified implementable solutions to improve transportation resiliency.


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Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT)

  • The study will assess vulnerabilities of the Tribe’s surface transportation assets and community response strategies.
  • Assist the Tribe and their county and state level partners in advancing safe, efficient transportation that will significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries on the nation's roadways.
  • The Tribe will be able to review and choose transportation plans and projects that use proven ways to deal with climate change.
  • Policies will ensure future projects don’t harm the air, water, wetlands, or endangered animals. Plus, they will work to fix the unfair environmental problems that transportation has caused on the reservation.

What We Heard

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