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Virginia Modifies Plan to Close Safety Rest Areas, Eliminates 2-Hour Limit

Published in Health Business Week, June 5th, 2009

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced a modification of its original plan to close 25 of the state's 41 Interstate Highway rest areas. This decision comes as part of a cost-cutting plan to address a budget shortfall.

VDOT said that in response to concerns about truck parking, and about travel distances between facilities on I-81, it decided to scale back the closures to just 19 of the safety rest areas and add 225 truck parking spaces at the remaining locations. The agency also announced that it will replace its two-hour time limit at safety rest areas with a "no overnight parking" policy. In addition, VDOT will seek Congressional authority to...

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