ORLANDO, Fla. — Five Florida projects, including three in Central Florida, are among the $829.6 million in grants that the U.S. Transportation Department announced Thursday to make roads, bridges and other infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather and climate change.

Funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this round of grants is the first to be dedicated to transportation resilience. In all, 80 projects were funded in 39 states under the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program. Florida projects obtained $32.6 million in this round of funding.

The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority will receive $5.8 million for the design, engineering, and construction required to replace windows on the LYNX Central Station in downtown Orlando. The project will enhance building resiliency and help the station, the hub for the public bus system, to meet hurricane mitigation requirements. The Transportation Department determined that the LYNX Central Station serves a vital transportation need for nearly 2 million annual riders and that the project will extend the useful life of the building by 20 years to withstand hurricanes and severe weather events.

In addition, Orange County will receive $1 million to develop and deploy a Real-Time Flood Predictive Model (RFPM) tool to more accurately forecast flooding up to 72 hours before storms and hurricanes. As climate change increases the frequency and severity of major storm events, the RFPM tool will provide more information for the county to prepare and provide emergency response to flooding events.

The Osceola County Board of Commissioners will receive $1.75 million to conduct three studies to determine flooding issues that affect transportation in the Mill Slough, Polynesian Isle, and The Manor basin areas. Climate change could increase inland flooding in the region, and the basin studies will help protect people, property, critical infrastructure, and water quality, the Transportation Department stated.

Sarasota County will receive over $6 million to complete the rehabilitation and storm-hardening of the Manasota Key Bascule Bridge, a key evacuation route for the nearly 3,000 residents of Manasota Key and thousands of daily visitors. The project is expected to enhance the resiliency of the bridge to future storm events and projected sea-level rise.

The largest grant in Florida will benefit the Miami area. The Florida Department of Transportation will receive more than $18 million to reconstruct a portion of State Route 907 in Miami Beach to be more resilient to worsening flooding events brought on by high tides and sea-level rise. The project will raise the pavement elevation, install two new pump stations and larger drainage conduits and add a new pathway and sidewalk for bicyclists and pedestrians.