Need and Rationale

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Emergency Transportation MIN
The Emergency Transportation MIN improves the
Commonwealths preparedness and response and
recovery capability for natural disasters and
emergencies of all kinds, including terrorist
attacks.

• Need and Rationale

Implementation Plan
The need for ensuring the operation and integrity
of Americas surface transportation system is
evident following the events of September 11,
2001. Good transportation system operation is key
to ensuring safe, continuous movement of people
and goods during a national and state security
event. The objective of this network is to
ensure that operational transportation policies,
protocols, procedures, routes, practices, and
improvements are put into place within the
Commonwealth of Virginia that will enable people
and goods to move safely and effectively during
threatening situations while still enabling
emergency access to the scene(s), and will
facilitate the re-establishment of transportation
following an emergency.

• Implement intelligent transportation systems
  (including emergency notification, Virginia
  Operational Information System (VOIS), and
  aviation navigational aid systems) throughout the
  state, as appropriate.
• Upgrade traffic surveillance and congestion
  management systems on interstate highways and
  expressways.
• Implement capacity and safety improvements, as
  appropriate, statewide (specifically, Route 13
  Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Route 460,
  Interstate 95, and Interstate 64).
• Improve multimodal access to and from major
  activity centers and transportation facilities.
• Upgrade security at the Ports of Virginia.
• Facilitate coordination among military, public,
  private, and other emergency responders.
• Consider to upgrade shared communication
  resources (including fiber) along routes in all
  systems for communications interoperability and
  video data

Sponsors
Virginia Port Authority (VPA) and Virginia
Transportation Research Council (VTRC) With VDOT,
DOAV, DMV, VDEM, Local Emergency Operations
Centers other responders such as fire/rescue,
National Guard, Virginia State Police