{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania (30 PennDOT rest areas statewide; 13 reopened for truck parking on I-79, I-80 and I-81)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian","authority":"Governor Wolf\u0027s mitigation guidance of Mar. 16, 2020 (recited); PennDOT control of rest areas","instrument":"PennDOT press release, Mar. 18, 2020: all PennDOT rest areas closed at midnight Mar. 17, 2020 under the Governor\u0027s mitigation guidance; 13 of 30 reopened for truck parking from Mar. 19, 2020 with portable toilets only; indoor facilities not reopened","title":"PennDOT Reopens Select Rest Areas for Truck Parking","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-17 12:00 a.m. (all rest areas closed); 2020-03-19 (13 reopened for truck parking, portable toilets only)","end":"Further rest areas reopened in stages (list of open locations as of Mar. 30, 2020 in Ex. 100); full restoration not documented in this cluster","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-03-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE"],"addressees":["truck drivers and motorists using Pennsylvania rest areas"],"clause":"The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will be reopening select rest areas across Pennsylvania for truck parking. PennDOT rest areas were closed at midnight Tuesday in response to Governor Tom Wolf\u0027s mitigation guidance regarding COVID-19. To address safety concerns raised, PennDOT has identified 13 of its 30 rest areas in critical locations that will be available for truck parking starting tomorrow, March 19.... Each location will have five portable toilets (one of which is ADA-accessible) that will be cleaned once a day.... To prevent further spread of COVID-19, PennDOT does not plan to open any of the indoor facilities","enforcement":"Facility closure by the State agency under the Governor\u0027s directive","functions":["DR drivers (every Pennsylvania rest area closed to trucks for two days; indoor facilities closed thereafter on the I-76/I-80/I-81 freight corridors)","TV travel","CB customer access"],"notes":"Implementing action under the Governor\u0027s Mar. 16, 2020 mitigation directive: a statewide closure of highway rest areas that the State DOT partly reversed for freight two days later. The Pennsylvania Turnpike\u0027s plaza closures are in AVIATION-SURFACE (Ex. 053 there).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":243246,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099","citation":"Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, PennDOT press release, Mar. 18, 2020: all PennDOT rest areas closed at midnight Mar. 17, 2020 under the Governor\u0027s mitigation guidance; 13 of 30 reopened for truck parking from Mar. 19, 2020 with portable toilets only; indoor facilities not reopened (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100"]}