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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (17 service plazas) · Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Commission's proprietary and regulatory control of service-plaza concessions (36 P.S. § 652d)
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-20 07:00 (restrooms) / 08:00 (limited food) (read as 2020-03-20)
- End
- dine-in service at plazas remained closed under the Commonwealth's orders until the June-July 2020 green-phase reopenings (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureOther
- Addressees
- service-plaza concessionaires (HMSHost, 7-Eleven, Sunoco) and their employees
- motorists and truck drivers
- Functions reached
- DR dining rooms closed; TO take-out only at highway service plazas
- SF plaza retail limited
- CB motor carriers and drivers (rest facilities closed Mar. 17-19, 2020)
- DR truck drivers' access to rest facilities (logistics)
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"March 19, 2020 PA Turnpike to Reopen All 17 Service Plazas Starting Friday Morning. Restrooms and limited food items will be available inside each facility. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will reopen all 17 of its service plazas Friday, March 20. Starting tomorrow at 7 a.m., restrooms inside all service plazas will be open 2[4 hours]...." Food service "will be available at all service plazas starting tomorrow at 8 a.[m.]" on a take-out basis.
Enforcement
Commission control of concessions; Commonwealth closure orders (35 Pa.C.S. § 7301; Disease Prevention and Control Law)
Notes
Rest-area and service-plaza closure instrument for the trucking and travel sectors; recites the Mar. 17 closure by its terms ("reopen").