Cascadia earthquake and tsunami resilience capital program
Washington SMD|Emergency Management CouncilWashington- Detected
- Jun 30, 2026
- 120 days ago
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- Capital Projects
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THE 30-SECOND BRIEF
The EMC recommends creating a dedicated Cascadia Resilience Implementation Program with sustained state funding to complete priority seismic and tsunami mitigation projects. These include seismic retrofitting of schools and critical facilities, completing statewide inventories of unreinforced masonry buildings, constructing 58 to more than 80 tsunami vertical evacuation structures in high‑risk coastal communities, and hardening critical lifeline infrastructure and evacuation routes.
This recommendation outlines a large, multi‑year capital program that has not yet been funded or broken into specific procurements. Architecture, engineering, and construction firms; hazard‑mitigation consultants; and program‑management vendors can begin conversations with EMD, the Department of Natural Resources, and coastal jurisdictions to help scope inventories, feasibility studies, and phased delivery approaches for the eventual wave of design‑build and resilience projects.
Report references need for tsunami evacuation route mapping and signage, maritime strategies for ports, and additional loss estimates, indicating significant planning and engineering work ahead.
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