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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-039 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

CTDOT press release, June 8, 2020: the two Connecticut River ferries resume June 20, 2020; the season normally begins Apr. 1 'but that was delayed as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic'; masks and social distancing required of passengers and crews; daily sanitizing

Connecticut River Ferries Resume Operations

Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), Commissioner Joseph Giulietti · Connecticut (Rocky Hill-Glastonbury and Chester-Hadlyme ferries on the Connecticut River) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Connecticut (Rocky Hill-Glastonbury and Chester-Hadlyme ferries on the Connecticut River) · Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
CTDOT ferry operating authority; masks and distancing required of passengers and crews (Governor's EO 7BB recited by content)
Issued
2020-06-08 June 8, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01 (season start not opened) to 2020-06-20 (service resumed); masks required from resumption (read as 2020-04-01)
End
2020-06-20 (resumption); season ran to Sept. 7, 2020 (read as 2020-06-20)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to June 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • ferry passengers and crews
Functions reached
  • TV travel (an eleven-week closure of two State ferry crossings)
  • CB customer access (river-town tourism and commuting)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The Connecticut Department of Transportation today announced the resumption of service by the two ferry services across the Connecticut River, between Rocky Hill and Glastonbury and Chester and Hadlyme, beginning Saturday, June 20, 2020. Typically, the ferries begin operating April 1, but that was delayed as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.... 'We are taking all precautions, requiring masks and social distancing for passengers and our crews alike.'

Enforcement

Operator conditions of carriage (masks; distancing) under EO 7BB penalties

Notes

Service announcement graded context: documents a State transportation service closed for the whole of April and May 2020 and reopened under a mask condition.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (July 8, 2020); banner URL truncated; release dated 06/08/2020.