Northern Virginia Disaster Plan?

September 15, 2005

September 15, 2005
9/11...Hurricane Katrina...What’s It Going To Take?

An unprecedented and immensely costly effort is underway to rebuild infrastructure and lives in New Orleans.

Years of warnings about the inadequacies of the City’s levees went unheeded.

Four years after 9/11 no effort has been made to address the Washington area’s transportation network inadequacies, despite the fact it has long been identified as the nation’s third most congested and the region is now generally acknowledged to be a major international terrorist target.

Our road and bridge network routinely fails twice a day and the type of disaster most likely to impact our area is unlikely to have a five-day advanced warning.

Will still more catastrophes and the loss of thousands of additional lives be required for federal, state, regional and local officials to work together to address this region’s obvious transportation deficiencies?

Let’s hope not.

David M. Guernsey, Chairman Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance

The Alliance Alert is a free online update on regional transportation issues and public involvement opportunities provided by the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance. For more information on regional transportation issues and NVTA, please visit our website at www.nvta.org.

Contact Info
Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
P.O. Box 6149
McLean, Virginia 22106-6149
tel 703-883-1830
fax 703-883-1850
http://www.nvta.org

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