![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Surveying the 35 trucks parked nearby, Rouser said the group didn’t yet constitute a big crowd. “A lot of drivers will park there on Sunday night and then make early-morning deliveries in the city on Monday morning,” explained Richard Rousey, 67, a truck driver from Bloomer, Wis., who was stopping for lunch Saturday at the TravelCenters of America, called TA for short. Croix Travel Information Center has 35 stalls for trucks – the largest capacity of any interstate rest area in Minnesota – but when the spots are full there are few options down the road, truckers say. The first rest area in Minnesota for drivers entering the state on I-94 from Wisconsin is one of the five busiest. MnDOT maintains 62 rest area facilities, the report found, and 20 of them had significant capacity issues during the busiest times of the day.įive rest area facilities along the interstate highways were at or over capacity at least 50 percent of the time, according to the report. John Hausladen, president of the Roseville-based Minnesota Trucking Association, said he’s been trying to make those points to state leaders for weeks.Ī 2008 report titled “The Minnesota Interstate Truck Parking Study” examined public and private commercial vehicle parking along the state’s three primary interstate highway corridors: I-90, I-35 and I-94. It’s not easy, they point out, to find a place to safely park an 18-wheeler, whether you’re stopping for the night or making a pit stop for a restroom. On Saturday – day two of the shutdown – truckers visiting the TravelCenters of America were unanimous in saying the move is a big deal for their industry. The state government shutdown has closed rest areas along interstate highways across the state. Referring to federal safety rules that limit the time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel, Scott added: “When your time’s up, your time’s up – you’ve got to be off the road.” “Rest areas are really important,” Scott said as his truck idled at a stop along Interstate 94, just east of the state line in Hudson Township, Wis. Rick Scott couldn’t name the governor of Minnesota, let alone the leaders of the state Legislature.īut the 33-year-old truck driver from South Carolina had a simple message for Minnesota’s political leaders at the end of his 258-mile drive through the state Saturday. ![]()
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