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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-088 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Delaware News release, May 20, 2020: cash toll collection resumes at the I-95, Biddles and Dover Toll Plazas at 12:00 p.m. May 21, 2020; cash lanes 'temporarily closed on March 17, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 State of Emergency'; toll plazas reopen for walk-in services

Cash Toll Collection to Resume Thursday, May 21, 2020

Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) · Delaware (I-95, Biddles and Dover toll plazas) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware (I-95, Biddles and Dover toll plazas) · Delaware
Level
State
Authority
DelDOT toll-collection authority; the State of Emergency declaration (recited) and 'the guidelines set forth by the Delaware Public Health State of Emergency Declaration'
Issued
2020-05-20 May 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 (cash lanes closed) to 2020-05-21 12:00 p.m. (cash collection and walk-in services resume) (read as 2020-03-17)
End
2020-05-21 12:00 p.m. (read as 2020-05-21)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to May 21, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • motorists at Delaware's three toll plazas
  • walk-in toll-plaza customers
Functions reached
  • DR drivers (I-95 Delaware Turnpike and Route 1 cash lanes closed Mar. 17 - May 21, 2020)
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access (walk-in services closed)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Temporarily closed on March 17, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 State of Emergency, Delaware's three toll plazas will resume cash collection at the I-95, Biddles, and Dover Toll Plazas on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. Those drivers operating vehicles without a valid E-ZPass transponder mounted must again use the cash lanes to pay their tolls. In addition, to the toll cash lanes reopening, all Delaware Toll Plazas will also reopen for walk-in services. We continue to take every precaution to safeguard our employees and customers by following the guidelines set forth by the Delaware Public Health State of Emergency Declaration

Enforcement

Toll rule of the State agency (E-ZPass or video tolling during the closure)

Notes

Authority operating rule and end-date document: fixes the Delaware cashless period at Mar. 17 - May 21, 2020 and ties it to the State of Emergency.

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the Delaware News release 'Date Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2020' (the render also carries the news.delaware.gov feed of May 2020 headlines, including the Governor's face-covering and reopening announcements). Mar. 17, 2020 is the start of the cash-lane closure the release reports, not the release's date; not changed.