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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

PennDOT press release, Mar. 18, 2020: all PennDOT rest areas closed at midnight Mar. 17, 2020 under the Governor's mitigation guidance; 13 of 30 reopened for truck parking from Mar. 19, 2020 with portable toilets only; indoor facilities not reopened

PennDOT Reopens Select Rest Areas for Truck Parking

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian · Pennsylvania (30 PennDOT rest areas statewide; 13 reopened for truck parking on I-79, I-80 and I-81) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania (30 PennDOT rest areas statewide; 13 reopened for truck parking on I-79, I-80 and I-81) · Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
Governor Wolf's mitigation guidance of Mar. 16, 2020 (recited); PennDOT control of rest areas
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 12:00 a.m. (all rest areas closed); 2020-03-19 (13 reopened for truck parking, portable toilets only) (read as 2020-03-17)
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 (read as 2020-03-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Mar. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closure
Addressees
  • truck drivers and motorists using Pennsylvania rest areas
Functions reached
  • 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
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

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's 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's directive

Notes

Implementing action under the Governor's 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's plaza closures are in AVIATION-SURFACE (Ex. 053 there).

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the PennDOT press release dated 03/18/2020 (live penndot.gov page; no Wayback banner).

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