Virginia to Practice Interstate Lane Reversal

Cybergal · May 9, 2008

Virginia to Practice Interstate Lane Reversal
5/9/08

Virginia will be reversing traffic on Interstate 64 Sunday in an emergency preparedness exercise to test state agencies' ability to reverse traffic for hurricanes. The exercise will take place on May 11 from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

The reversal of I-64 is part of the commonwealth's overall hurricane response plan. A reversal can be ordered by the governor to speed the evacuation of the Hampton Roads region in the event of a hurricane or other disaster.

The exercise involves closing I-64 east between I-295 near Richmond (Exit 200) to just east of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (Exit 272). The agencies will rehearse all of the steps needed to place westbound traffic in both the westbound and the eastbound lanes of I-64, but no actual westbound traffic will be routed onto the eastbound lanes during the exercise.

The exercise will test the commonwealth's lane-reversal plan and will allow the agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of communications tools, inter-agency procedures and the incident-command structure. It will provide real-world experience for the crews that will have to quickly close 36 interchanges and safely reverse the direction of travel on the interstate if an evacuation is ordered.

"We want to rehearse an interstate reversal before a real-world event makes it necessary," said Michael Cline, Virginia's state coordinator of emergency management. "It is vital that VDOT, VDEM, the State Police and the National Guard prepare for emergencies, just as we ask encourage all Virginians to develop and practice their own emergency plans."

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pjw044 · May 9, 2008

OH Boy, this will be fun to see............

CAJUNSPICE · May 9, 2008

South Louisiana has done this in the past(Katrina) during hurricane evacuation plans. Concrete barriers are put at the tops of ALL east bound on -ramps in New Orleans and surrounding areas so traffic on both sides of the Interstate was moving west/north bound to evacuate the area.(I live 45 minutes south/south west of New Orleans)

fralor · May 9, 2008

Just glad i won't be going that way [ I HOPE ]

old-six-pack · May 10, 2008

have a little faith people ???????????????????

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