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December 20, 2023 www.DesertMessenger.com 23 ADOT plans to expand commercial truck parking along Interstates BLOOD DRIVE Quartzsite Community Sponsored by GFWC Quartzsite Women's Club MONDAY, JANUARY 22 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Quartzsite Community Center 295 E. Chandler St. Wondering if you can Give Blood? Recent FDA changes include European travel and questions which evaluates blood donors' eligibility Regardless of sexual orientation. May mean those once deferred can give. Visit www.vitalant.or/eligibilty TRANSFORM A LIFE AND YOUR OWN Rob was shot in the line of duty while on patrol as a police officer. If not for the 93 red cell, 12 platelet and 43 plasma transfu- sions he received, he would not have been able to become a father to his little girl Genevieve. "More than 140 blood donors helped save my life. Today, I get the chance to be a father because of their generosity." SIGN UP TO DONATE IN OUR DONOR PORTAL: Visit www.donors.vitalant.org log in to your donor portal using your email on file, click on "schedule appointment" and search by blood drive code: L1250 or call Vitalant @ 877-258-4925 or call Becky @ 208-634-9304. Phoenix, AZ- To address the grow- ing demand for commercial truck parking along state highways, the Arizona Department of Transporta- tion (ADOT) has developed a state- wide truck parking plan that recom- mends expanding parking at existing rest areas and three new facilities. After gathering feedback from the trucking industry, ADOT is seeking public input as transportation plan- ners look to construct 842 truck parking spaces in 10 locations along interstates in areas with the great- est needs. These locations are along I-10, I-40 and I-8, and are at exist- ing rest areas and three proposed "safe lots" that would provide park- ing only for commercial trucks. ADOT recommends the additional parking based on demand at exist- ing rest areas and where undesig- nated truck parking occurs. Other factors include cost, ease of imple- mentation and input from the truck- ing industry. The sites prioritized for additional parking are: • The I-10 Burnt Wells Rest Area near Tonopah, 103 spaces • The I-40 Meteor Crater Rest Area near Winslow, 140 spaces • A new I-10/State Route 186 safe lot just west of Willcox, 127 spaces • I-40 Crazy Creek, a new safe lot about 35 miles east of Holbrook, 176 spaces • I-10 EHRENBERG REST AREA, 53 spaces • I-10 San Simon Rest Area, 80 spaces • I-10 Bouse Wash Rest Area, 55 spaces • I-40 Seligman, a new safe lot, 72 spaces • I-10 Sacaton Rest Area, 20 spaces • I-8 Mohawk Rest Area, 16 spaces The plan recommends first adding parking to three critical locations - Burnt Wells, Meteor Crater, and a new safe lot near Willcox - based on the $32 million in funding current- ly available through the National Highway Freight Program. Parking at the additional seven locations could be added as ADOT seeks fu- ture funding. The additional parking would be in addition to current projects that are expanding parking at five rest areas, funded by the National Highway Freight Program. The draft statewide truck parking implementation plan is now avail- able for review. Truck Parking Implementation Plan study documents and a map of the recommended new truck park- ing locations are available for re- view on the study website at www. azdot.gov/TruckParking. DEADLINE : WED. JAN 10 TH for Jan. 17 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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