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Virginia emergency-ejection bill framed as small corridor, big safety payoff
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands · December 12, 2025
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Summary
Chief Curtis Sheets and Rep. McGuire urged action on HR 6,365 to authorize a short emergency-only roadway across ~430 feet of National Park Service land to connect Wintergreen, Va., to the Blue Ridge Parkway and reduce wildfire evacuation risk.
Representative McGuire and Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief Curtis Sheets testified that HR 6,365, the Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act, would authorize an emergency-only gravel connector across a narrow strip of National Park Service land to provide a second evacuation…
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