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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-085 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

DelDOT operational changes, Mar. 17, 2020: Biden Welcome Center closed to the public from 6:00 p.m. Mar. 17, 2020 (fuel and convenience-store restrooms remain; Starbucks drive-through only); DMV Wednesday evening hours eliminated from Mar. 18, 2020 for two weeks; the same day, Delaware's toll plazas ceased cash collection (Ex. 088)

DelDOT Operational Changes Update for March 17, 2020

Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) · Delaware (Biden Welcome Center, I-95 Newark; four DMV locations) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Delaware (Biden Welcome Center, I-95 Newark; four DMV locations) · Delaware
Level
State
Authority
DelDOT facility control; 'efforts continue to limit crowds from gathering in response to the Coronavirus' (recited)
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 6:00 p.m. (welcome center); 2020-03-18 (DMV hours) (read as 2020-03-17)
End
Welcome center closure 'temporarily' (reopening not documented); DMV moved to closure and appointment service under later modifications (ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS cluster) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • travelers using the I-95 welcome center
  • welcome center concessionaires
  • DMV customers
Functions reached
  • DR drivers and TV travel (the I-95 corridor's principal travel plaza closed to the public)
  • CB customer access (plaza restaurants and shops closed; drive-through only)
  • CRT public offices (DMV hours cut)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 6:00pm, the Biden Welcome Center on I-95 in Newark will temporarily close to the public as efforts continue to limit crowds from gathering in response to the Coronavirus. Fuel will still be available at the gas station located on the north side of the property and bathroom facilities in the convenience store will also be available to motorists. The stand-alone Starbucks will continue to offer a full menu for drive through customers only. At DelDOT's four DMV locations, effective tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, business hours for Wednesdays will change to 8:00am to 4:30pm and there will be no evening hours

Enforcement

Facility closure by the State agency

Notes

Service announcement graded context: a State agency's closure of a major interstate travel plaza 'to limit crowds from gathering' in the first week of Delaware's emergency.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Mar. 18, 2020) of the Delaware News release 'Date Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020' (full URL given by the page's own print link).

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