Final Environmental Impact Report - Whittier Bridge/I-95 ...

Whittier Bridge and 1-95 reconstruction in the years 2013-2016, a period projected to involve aboveaverage
solar geomagnetic disturbances.
11. The u.s. Department of Transportation and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation have
a legal obligation to assess low probability high consequence accidents affecting the quality of the
human environment as part of the Whittier Bridge and Interstate 95 Modernization Project. 7
12. The Final (federal) Environmental Assessment for the Whittier Bridge and 1-95 Modernization
Project, and the Final (state) Environmental Impact Report for this Project should identify specific
mitigation measures that will be proposed by lead agencies to reduce low probability / high
consequence loss of any or all lanes of 1-95 as an evacuation corridor, including (A) training to protect
evacuation corridor lanes and operability, to be provided to all contractors and sub-contractors and
their employees; (B) evaluation of plans for Staging Areas and positioning and removal of equipment
from 1-95 travel lanes and on-ramps, to protect the 1-95 evacuation corridor; and (C) positive financial , ,
incentives for employee training for all contractors and sub-contractors whose work might block or
prevent timely clearance of all 1-95 lanes to serve as an evacuation corridor during reconstruction of the
Whittier Bridge, ot~er bridges, and 1-95 lanes.
Submitted by William R. Harris, for the
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7 See case citations in footnote 1, Environmental and Financial Benefits of Including Additional Severe Accident
Mitigation Measure Analyses... Regarding Seabrook Station Licensing Renewals. at page 7.
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