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Patel. Purvi~ _ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: thomasp@resilientsocieties.org Thursday, December 22, 2011 11 :41 AM dsantiago@dot.gov; Patel, Purvi (EEA); james.cerbone@dot.state.ma.us wm.r.harris@gmail.com Comments on the Whittier Bridgell-95 Improvement Project Foundation Comments on U.S. _DOT_and=Mass_DOT-='whittier_Bridge_Replacement_&_1-95_Widening_Project_Final. pdf via electronic mail Pamela S. Stephenson, Division Administrator Federal Highway Administration 55 Broadway, 10th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Attn: Damaris Santiago Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. Secretary Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office 100 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Attn: Purvi Patel Thomas F. Broderick, P.E., Acting Chief Engineer Mass DOT Highway Division 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 Attn: James Cerbone Ms. Stephenson, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Broderick: Attached please find our comments on the Whittier Bridge/l-95 Improvement Project. Thomas Popik Director Foundation for Resilient Societies 1

COl\1MENTS BY THE ·FOU·NDATION FOR RESlLIEoNT SOCIETIES ON WHITTIER. BRIDGE /1-95 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT .PROJECT FILE NO. 601096 Submitted December 21, 2011 PROTECTING EVACUATION CORRIDORS DURING CONCURRENT WHITTIER BRIDGE AND OTHER BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS AND ELEVATED RISKS OF SOLAR GEOMAGNETIC STORMS IN THE PERIOD 2013 - 2016 COMMENT SUMMARY Studies on the efficacy of emergency evacuations anticipating hurricanes since the year 1998 demonstrate that one of the primary impediments to reliable regional evacuation involves the abandonment of construction equipment and the blockage of lanes on Interstate Highways. These interstate highways are relied upon as emergency evacuation corridors for contraflow evacuations during emergencies. The Project to replace the Whittier Bridge and four other Interstate 95 bridges south of the New Hampshire border is scheduled for years 2013-2016. This is a period with above average risks of solar geomagnetic storms and related-risks to Seabrook Nuclear Station. Ifaugmented on-site backUp electric power and protections for an extra high voltage transformer are not installed at Seabrook Station before a severe solar geomagnetic storm, there will be an elevated risk of mandatory regional evacuation along Interstate 95. It is essential that highway and bridge contractors, their employees, and subcontractors and their employees receive training in the reliable clearance of construction-related lane closures, including removal of all obstructing equipment, and reopening of all Interstate 95 lanes so they are effective as emergency evacuation corridors. 1

Patel. Purvi~<br />

_<br />

From:<br />

Sent:<br />

To:<br />

Cc:<br />

Subject:<br />

Attachments:<br />

thomasp@resilientsocieties.org<br />

Thursday, December 22, 2011 11 :41 AM<br />

dsantiago@dot.gov; Patel, Purvi (EEA); james.cerbone@dot.state.ma.us<br />

wm.r.harris@gmail.com<br />

Comments on the <strong>Whittier</strong> <strong>Bridge</strong>ll-<strong>95</strong> Improvement Project<br />

Foundation Comments on U.S.<br />

_DOT_and=Mass_DOT-='whittier_<strong>Bridge</strong>_Replacement_&_1-<strong>95</strong>_Widening_Project_<strong>Final</strong>. pdf<br />

via electronic mail<br />

Pamela S. Stephenson, Division Administrator<br />

Federal Highway Administration<br />

55 Broadway, 10th Floor<br />

Cambridge, MA 02142<br />

Attn: Damaris Santiago<br />

Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. Secretary<br />

Massachusetts <strong>Environmental</strong> Policy Act (MEPA) Office<br />

100 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor<br />

Boston, MA 02114<br />

Attn: Purvi Patel<br />

Thomas F. Broderick, P.E., Acting Chief Engineer<br />

Mass DOT Highway Division<br />

10 Park Plaza<br />

Boston, MA 02116<br />

Attn: James Cerbone<br />

Ms. Stephenson, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Broderick:<br />

Attached please find our comments on the <strong>Whittier</strong> <strong>Bridge</strong>/l-<strong>95</strong> Improvement Project.<br />

Thomas Popik<br />

Director<br />

Foundation for Resilient Societies<br />

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