US EditionNew Jersey Travel Ban Extended for Most Roads, SEPTA Suspends Bus and Regional Rail Service
The statewide ban limits travel to exempt emergency and essential personnel to support snow removal and emergency response during a storm expected to bring heavy snow and blizzard conditions.
- At 9 p.m. Sunday, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management under the Division of the New Jersey State Police imposed a mandatory overnight travel restriction from 9 p.m. Feb. 22 to 7 a.m. Feb. 23, barring nonexempt vehicles on public roadways.
- Amid blizzard warnings, officials said the travel ban is due to `This is likely to be the worst storm we have seen since 1996,` Sherrill said.
- Exemptions cover emergency and public safety personnel, news media and private snow-removal contractors, while commercial vehicle restrictions began at 3 p.m. Sunday, exempting the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway.
- NJ Transit suspended buses and light rail at 6 p.m. Sunday and rail at 9 p.m., while crews from NJDOT and the Turnpike Authority deployed thousands of workers, 4,500 equipment pieces, and over 450,000 tons of salt.
- Amid the region's biggest storm in years, officials said the tri-state area faces its first blizzard warning in three decades and urged residents to monitor ready.nj.gov and @ReadyNJ.
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