Trucking news and briefs for Friday, April 10, 2020:
Virginia using weigh stations for truck parking
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles announced Thursday it is temporarily closing all weigh stations to normal traffic so they can be used for truck parking. The closings are until at least April 23 for the 10 weigh stations, which will create 246 truck parking spaces.
Weigh stations that are currently open as rest areas for commercial drivers include:
The spaces are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until at least April 23, according to the DMV.
Indiana launches temporary program for food trucks at rest areas
Following the Federal Highway Administration‘s announcement that it is relaxing enforcement of regulations that restrict food trucks from operating at interstate rest areas, the Indiana Department of Transportation on Wednesday launched a temporary permit program that will allow food trucks to do just that.
INDOT says the program will help provide more food options for truckers still on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency will issue two permits for food trucks to operate between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day on a first-come, first-served basis.
A full list of rest areas where INDOT is allowing food trucks is below:
