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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-029 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

NJTA announcement, May 15, 2020: cash collections resume on the Turnpike and Parkway on the morning of May 19, 2020; all tolls collected by E-ZPass or toll-by-mail since Mar. 24; returning collectors to wear gloves, masks and face shields; Parkway coin lanes reopen May 19

Cash Collections to Resume on New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway

New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) · New Jersey (Turnpike and Parkway) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey (Turnpike and Parkway) · New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
NJTA toll-collection powers
Issued
2020-05-15 May 15, 2020
Effective
2020-05-19 (morning) (read as 2020-05-19)
End
End-date document for the Mar. 24-May 19, 2020 cashless period (read as 2020-05-19)
In force
May 19, 2020 to May 19, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • motorists
  • toll collectors (PPE)
Functions reached
  • DR drivers
  • TV travel
  • HR (collector PPE rules)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Cash collections will resume on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway on the morning of Tuesday, May 19th. All tolls have been collected either by E-ZPass or by the temporary toll-by-mail process since March 24th when cash collections were suspended as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.... When toll collectors return to the booths, they will be wearing gloves, face masks, and plastic face shields.

Enforcement

Toll-by-mail invoices for the period remain payable by their due dates to avoid administrative fees

Notes

End-date document; authority operating rule.

Retrieval note

Rendered live copy (2026 site footer) of the authority's newsroom item dated May 15, 2020.