To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations, and for other purposes.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
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Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act or the ESCAPE Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events. The bill defines "resilience project" to mean a project: (1) with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions; and (2) designed and built to address current and future vulnerabilities to an evacuation route.
Aviation and airportsEmergency planning and evacuationFirst responders and emergency personnelFloods and storm protectionInfrastructure developmentNatural disastersNavigation, waterways, harborsPublic transitRailroadsRoads and highwaysTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and security
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5994| House
| Updated: 6/4/2018
Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act or the ESCAPE Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events. The bill defines "resilience project" to mean a project: (1) with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions; and (2) designed and built to address current and future vulnerabilities to an evacuation route.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Aviation and airportsEmergency planning and evacuationFirst responders and emergency personnelFloods and storm protectionInfrastructure developmentNatural disastersNavigation, waterways, harborsPublic transitRailroadsRoads and highwaysTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and security