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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007 Order Primary source read

DRPA 'COVID-19 Travel Information & Updates': all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only

Bridge Travel Information and COVID-19 Stay-At Home Orders - Cashless tolling only, effective 6 a.m. Thursday, 3/26

Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) · Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges; PATCO) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges; PATCO) · Pennsylvania
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
DRPA toll-collection and bridge-regulation powers under the Compact; recital that 'Transportation is considered an essential service under the stay-at-home orders' of Pennsylvania (Order of Mar. 23, 2020, as amended) and New Jersey (EO 107, Mar. 21, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26 6:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-26)
End
2020-05-11 6:00 a.m. (cash lanes restored; Ex. 008, 009) (read as 2020-05-11)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to May 11, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all motorists crossing DRPA bridges (E-ZPass and cash)
  • registered vehicle owners (toll-by-mail invoices)
Functions reached
  • DR drivers (toll-lane procedure changed for every crossing; cash not accepted)
  • TV travel (the authority's own recital that travel was limited to essential trips under the stay-at-home orders)
  • CB customer access (customer service by voicemail only)
  • SC supply chain (Philadelphia-South Jersey freight crossings)
Character
binding
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Bridges are open.... Cashless tolling only. Effective 6 a.m. Thursday, 3/26, DRPA will implement cashless tolling at our bridges during the COVID-19 pandemic. All motorists (E-ZPass & Cash) will be directed to drive through E-ZPass lanes.... Transportation is considered an essential service under the stay-at-home orders and we are maintaining operations to ensure the continuity of service. As a reminder, most people should be staying at home and travel only for essential trips... No toll collectors will be present nor will cash be accepted in any lane. For vehicles without E-ZPass, toll invoices will be sent to registered vehicle owners via USPS mail.

Enforcement

Toll-by-mail invoice at the cash rate; administrative fees on second notice (Ex. 009); DRPA Police

Notes

Binding operating rule of a compact authority on every user of four interstate bridges; also a contemporaneous recital, by the authority, of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey stay-at-home orders operating on interstate travel.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Apr. 21, 2020) of the authority's own COVID-19 page. The page carries no issue date; the effective date (Mar. 26, 2020) is used as date_issued per the filename.

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