Sec. 1620. Guidance on evacuation routes
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The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and consistent with guidance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to section 1209 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–254 ), shall revise existing guidance or issue new guidance as appropriate for State and local governments and Indian Tribes regarding the design, construction, maintenance, retrofit, and repair of evacuation routes.
In revising or issuing guidance under subsection (a)(1), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall consider— methods that assist evacuation routes to— withstand the effects of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces on viability, including recommendations regarding appropriate drainage structures or other flood prevention mechanisms to manage stormwater, runoff, and the effect of storm surge; withstand the risks that flammability poses to viability; improve durability, strength (including the ability to withstand tensile stresses and compressive stresses), and sustainability; and provide for long-term cost savings; the ability of evacuation routes to effectively manage contraflow operations; for evacuation routes on public lands, the viewpoints of the applicable Federal land management agency regarding emergency operations, sustainability, and resource protection; and such other items the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration considers appropriate.
In the case in which the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes existing guidance addresses the considerations in paragraph (2), The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a detailed report describing how existing guidance addresses such considerations.
The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall study the vulnerability of evacuation routes that are part of the national highway system to the risks of extreme weather, including flooding and storm surge. In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall examine— the likelihood of Federal evacuation routes flooding during a 100-year, 500-year, and 1000-year weather event; whether Federal evacuation routes that have historically flooded have recovered quickly from extreme weather events; the availability of alternative evacuation routes to accommodate the flow of evacuees in the event of an evacuation route becoming impassable due to flooding; and the impact of impassable evacuation routes on vulnerable individuals, with consideration of the return of evacuees after an extreme weather event, including— individuals with a physical or mental disability; individuals in schools, daycare centers, mobile home parks, prisons, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities and detention centers; individuals with limited proficiency in English; the elderly; and individuals who are tourists, seasonal workers, or homeless.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report summarizing the study and the results of such study, including identifying which segments of Federal evacuation routes are most vulnerable to becoming impassable due to flooding.
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