Rail Safety Improvement Program (RSIP) | Climate Change and Adaptation to Extreme Weather Infrastructure component
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Maximum Eligible Amount
Government Grant
Fund Type
Transport Canada's Rail Safety Improvement Program (RSIP) provides federal funding in the form of grants or contributions to help improve rail safety, contribute to increasing safety at grade crossings and along rail lines, address climate change resilience through the rehabilitation, mitigation, and/or prevention of the impacts of climate change/extreme weather along rail lines and rail property, and increase public confidence in Canada's rail transportation system.
Intake objectives
The Climate Change and Adaptation to Extreme Weather Infrastructure component of the Rail Safety Improvement Program provides funding to support vulnerable infrastructure projects by ensuring resiliency to extreme weather events and adaptation to climate change. Rehabilitation projects to repair damage from extreme weather events, if they mitigate safety issues, will also be funded.
The objectives of this component are to fund projects that:
- Support vulnerable infrastructure projects by ensuring resilience to extreme weather events and adaptation to climate change; and
- Address climate change resilience through the rehabilitation, mitigation and/or prevention of the impacts of climate change/extreme weather along rail lines and rail property.