Highway networks around the world are facing unprecedented challenges from severe weather events.

The intensity, scale and frequency of these events require owners and managers of these networks to incorporate resilience-building into their routines and longer-term plans.

Network resilience has a profound impact on the functionality of transport systems. Due to the severity, scale and frequency of severe weather events, strengthening highway network resilience is essential today and into the future. Many of the current assets that make up highway networks are aging, built when climate events did not assume a central role in decision making. Embedding principles to improve highway network resilience as an everyday consideration will enable organizations to better prepare for, respond to and recover from severe weather impacts.

Explore key steps for strengthening resilience.