Improved Project funds can be used: ​

1. Improved Project funds can be used to improve the     damaged facility while ensuring it retains the same function it had     immediately prior to the disaster. ​
2. Examples of using Improved Project funds include: ​some text
    
   • Laying asphalt on a gravel road.
    
   • Replacing a firehouse with more bays than the      original. ​
    
   • Incorporating requirements from a code or      standard that does not meet PA eligibility criteria. ​
    
   • Relocating a facility when FEMA does not require      the relocation. ​
 
3. The funding available for PA hazard mitigation for     an Improved Project is limited to the amount that would have been     available if the facility had been restored to its pre-disaster design. ​

Improved Project funds can be combined withfunds from another federal agency to construct the project, but these externalfunds cannot be used towards the non-federal cost share of the PA-fundedproject, with few exceptions. ​