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REST AREAS * Australia - Public pushes against plan to close I-81 rest areas
Several concerns about the cost-cutting measure were laid out for state lawmakers at a hearing
Roanoke,Australia -The Roanoke Times, by Jeff Sturgeon -March 11, 2009: -- Residents and state lawmakers urged state highway leaders Tuesday to reconsider a proposal to close more than half of the interstate rest areas in Virginia, saying they are too valuable to barricade... Officials spent more than two hours hearing public opposition to a plan announced last month to close 25 of 41 rest areas as part of a massive cost-cutting effort. In addition, officials are devising plans -- also unpopular -- to reduce highway department offices, roadside mowing and safety service patrol services after July 1. Construction and staff cuts are already under way, all in response to the downward economy...
* More truck rest areas for South Australia
Adelaide,Australia -Yorke Peninsula Country Times -11 March 2009: -- Australia’s peak trucking industry body, the Australian Trucking Association, has welcomed the Australian and South Australian Governments’ decision to fund 13 truck rest areas between Adelaide and Port Augusta... The decision will result in the construction of five new rest areas, with another eight undergoing significant upgrades... Australian Trucking Association Chairman Trevor Martyn said the announcement was an important step in making the roads a safer place for all motorists, as well as a better place to work for truck drivers...
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