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Safety of Virginia truckers in question after proposal by VDOT to close rest stops


Posted on Feb 26, 2009

Virginia’s transportation budget shortfall will likely claim another victim: Virginia rest areas.  Officials have proposed closing 25 of the state’s 51 rest areas in order to save around $12 million in annual maintenance costs.

 

The proposal, which will be voted on in June by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, would mean that truck drivers traveling through Virginia would lose 412 of the currently available 770 rest area parking spaces.

 

Safety advocates and truckers are concerned that this could mean tractor trailer drivers will be unable to find a safe place to rest after dark.  With many major truck stops filling up quickly at night, rest areas are often the only place that drivers can find to stop when they are tired.

 

Eliminating so many parking spaces and so many rest areas could result in truck drivers pushing themselves to drive when they are fatigued because they cannot find anywhere safe and legal to park.  Public meetings on this proposal will be held in March.

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