Not an Evacuation Route

Disaster Response Routes should be the first roads to be cleared. Emergency responders and police will control access to Disaster Response Routes and in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, the routes will likely be limited to emergency needs, including controlled evacuation. As soon as possible, the public will be allowed back onto the Disaster Response Route.

In some areas, specific Disaster Response Routes could be reserved for speedy delivery of supplies from ports or nearby airstrips, or for organized medical evacuation to unaffected hospitals.

Many people believe these signs identify an evacuation route where people would go to leave an area. Not true. Disaster Response Routes are for emergency personnel, so that they may reach you in a disaster.

Lower Mainland Disaster Response Route Map

Look for the signs that have been posted on the Disaster Response Routes in your area.

STAY OFF THOSE ROADS WHEN A DISASTER STRIKES and LISTEN TO THE RADIO for public service announcements regarding specific routes and what they are being used for.

Lower Mainland Disaster Response Route Map including location of bridges