The Ellis County Press: State conducting contraflow checkpoints, exercises

State conducting contraflow checkpoints, exercises
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Editor on 04/21/2008 15:21:00


J. HOSKINS
The Ellis County Press
AUSTIN - State officials will be conducting mock "contraflow" exercises along
Interstate Highway 45 this week, real-time evacuation scenarios that will
stretch from Ennis to Conroe, north of Houston.
Motorists will notice numerous Texas Department of Transportation and Department
of Public Safety vehicles along the service roads and entrance/exit ramps,
according to a press release issued by state officials.
The purpose is to practice hurricane and other natural disaster evacuation
routes, just as if the exercises were a real contraflow situation.
Traffic flow will not actually be affected, changed or modified during this
exercise, state officials said.