District 10 (Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties) wants your input on its performance during the recent storm.  

Please note that all responses are anonymous, unless you choose to provide your contact information.

You can complete the survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D10WinterServices

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that expiration dates for commercial driver licenses and commercial learner’s permits will be extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.

This will be the final extension for the following products’ expiration dates:

• The expiration date for a commercial learner’s permit scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020, through March 31, 2021, is extended through March 31, 2021.
• The expiration date for commercial driver licenses scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020, through March 31, 2021, is extended through March 31, 2021.

Customers with commercial products that are covered by the extension but have not yet been renewed are encouraged to renew their CDL products as soon as possible by March 31, 2021.  No further extensions will be given on these products.

Expiration extension deadlines on non-commercial driver license, photo identification cards, learner’s permits and camera cards ended on August 31, 2020.

For a list of open driver license and photo license centers and the services provided, as well as their hours of operation, please visit www.dmv.pa.gov.  

Customers may continue to complete various transactions and access multiple resources online at www.dmv.pa.gov. Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver's license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; and schedule a driver’s exam. There are no additional fees for using online services.

PennDOT will continue to evaluate these processes and will communicate any changes with the public.

Additional COVID-19 information is available at www.health.pa.gov. For more information, visit www.dmv.pa.gov or www.PennDOT.gov.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that its rest areas off Interstate 81 (Grantville) in Dauphin County will reopen on Monday, February 22, after being closed in October 2019 to reconstruct the facilities.

“We’re pleased to open these facilities to the traveling public,” said PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian. “The improvements that we’ve made to this busy rest area location will help make people’s travels a little more comfortable.”

The improved facility includes 10 additional truck parking spaces, a tire filling station, a fenced pet relief area, a signalized bus drop off lane, and a PA State Police inspection lane. 

Each new facility includes improved amenities and enhancements including new restrooms and an ADA-accessible family restroom with changing stations and toddler seats, ambulatory and ADA stalls in each rest room, touch-free faucets, hand dryers and flushometers. Additionally, upgraded vending machines and a water fountain with a bottle filling station have been installed at the facility.

For additional information about traveling through Pennsylvania, visit www.penndot.gov and click on “Travel in PA.”

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a free smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

PennDOT has announced the bridge projects they have selected as targets to be funded by tolling.

I-78 Lenhartsville Bridge Replacement Project (Berks County);

I-79 Widening, Bridges and Bridgeville Interchange Reconfiguration (Allegheny County);

I-80 Canoe Creek Bridges (Clarion County);

I-80 Nescopeck Creek Bridges (Luzerne County);

I-80 North Fork Bridges Project (Jefferson County);

I-80 Over Lehigh River Bridge Project (Luzerne and Carbon counties);

I-81 Susquehanna Project (Susquehanna County);

I-83 South Bridge Project (Dauphin County); and

I-95 Girard Point Bridge Improvement Project (Philadelphia County).

See the release from PennDOT here.

CAMP HILL, Pa. -- The Safety Management Council and the Truck Driving Championships Committee have decided to postpone the Truck Driving Championships again for 2021. 

PMTA, as an organization, is focused on safety as one of its foundational pillars and could not, in good faith, move forward with an event that could potentially expose our truck drivers, volunteers and staff to COVID-19. 

However, the association is continuing to plan for the 2022 Truck Driving Championships to be held in June at the Kalahari Resort in Pocono Manor, PA. 

The American Trucking Associations announced yesterday its plans to cancel the National Truck Driving Championships as well. They plan to hold the 2022 event in Indianapolis. 

TYPE OF OPERATION: Transportation of on road diesel fuels, home heating fuels, propane, and kerosene.

EXTENT OF EXEMPTION: Requirement to comply with driver hour of service limitations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 2021

TERMINATION DATE: February 28, 2021

Operators are required to have a copy of this waiver when exceeding their normal HOS.

See the full document here.

On Friday, FMCSA announced that they have extended the Emergency Declaration that was set to expire on February 28^th. This extension includes the same regulatory relief for motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in support of relief efforts related to COVID-19, as included in the December 1^st declaration.

The expanded declaration published today is limited to the transportation of:

1. Livestock and livestock feed;
2. Medical supplies and equipment related to the testing, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19;
3. Vaccines, constituent products, and medical supplies and equipment including ancillary supplies/kits for the administration of vaccines, related to the prevention of COVID-19;
4. Supplies and equipment necessary for community safety, sanitation, and prevention of community transmission of COVID-19 such as masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, soap and disinfectants, and;
5. Food, paper products and other groceries for emergency restocking of distribution centers or stores.

Please note, this expanded declaration becomes effective at 12:00 A.M. February 17^th, and expires on May 31^st, 2021. Note, the Agency has indicated that “it is FMCSA’s intention to wind down the exemptions granted under this Emergency Declaration and related COVID-19 regulatory relief measures to the extent possible”. That is likely indication this may be one of the final extensions.

As with previous declarations, emergency regulatory relief is provided from parts 390 through 399 of the FMCSRs, including the hours-of-service regulations. Emergency relief does not include certain FMCSR’s related to the safe operation of CMVs, such as controlled substance and alcohol testing, financial responsibility requirements, CDL requirements, operation of a CMV while ill or fatigued, size and weight requirements, and additional FMCSR’s which are outlined in the declaration.

Additionally, ATA is monitoring several other waivers that are set to expire the end of this month, including the CDL/CLP and Medical Certificate waivers. We will provide an update if any extensions are issued.

We encourage everyone to review the applicability, restrictions, and limitations which are included in the exemption posted to the FMCSA’s website. 

CAMP HILL, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) is pleased to announce that its board of directors has appointed Rebecca K. Oyler as president and chief executive officer (CEO).

Oyler brings a wealth of experience in state government and public policy management to PMTA. She most recently served as Legislative Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in PA, and, prior to that, for nearly 20 years in several state agencies. She served as Director of Policy for the Pennsylvania Departments of State and the Conservation of National Resources, and as a policy specialist for the Department of Community and Economic Development.

“The PMTA Board of Directors is very pleased to have Rebecca join the team,” said PMTA Board Chairman Mark Giuffre. “She is the right person to lead our organization into the future.”

“I am very excited to join the PMTA team at such an important time,” said Oyler. “The trucking industry has been front and center during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping our economy running, and now, distributing much-needed vaccines and supplies. I’m anxious to lead PMTA’s members as we continue to tackle the recovery, along with other critical issues for the industry.”

Oyler, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University, will begin her duties at PMTA on Monday, February 15, 2021. PMTA Interim President Joe Butzer will oversee the transition.

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