5: NATIONAL SECURITY
Improve the Nation's national defense mobility. Other Information:
KEY NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES: Highways are critical links for mobilizing and deploying military forces from U.S. bases.
FHWA facilitates effective coordination among Federal, State, and local agencies to ensure that the highway infrastructure,
communications, and technology fully support national defense strategies. We will continually improve our National security
initiatives through the following: Enhancing Mobilization Planning: FHWA will facilitate coordination with the DOD and State
and local highway agencies to support priority defense mobilization and deployment plans through infrastructure, communications,
and highway operations information systems. Improving the operation of key highway and bridges of interest for national military
mobilization: FHWA will work with the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) to improve routes on the Strategic Highway
Corridor Network (STRAHNET) and STRAHNET connectors. We will place special emphasis on those highways connectors and bridges
that support key installations and the air and seaports of embarkation identified by MTMC.
Objective(s):
|
