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Strengthening Evacuation Routes: Crisis Safety

This act establishes a grant program to strengthen and protect critical routes used during mass evacuations. Its aim is to ensure safe and swift movement for citizens and emergency responders during threats like floods or hurricanes. This will make roads more resilient to damage in crisis situations, allowing aid to arrive faster.
Key points
Grant program to improve evacuation routes, making them safer and more resilient to natural disasters.
Possibility of building new evacuation routes or expanding existing ones if current ones are insufficient.
Funding for planning activities, such as public awareness campaigns about evacuation routes and coordination efforts.
Support for projects protecting routes from floods, high winds, and other hazards.
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Additional Information
Print number: 117_HR_1142
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Process start date: 2021-02-18