State Update

• VA - Virginia Continues Push for Commercialization

  "Virginia Hopes to Reopen Rest Stops"
  Richmond Times-Dispatch July 7, 2009

• VA - VDOT Supports Commercialization

  [ Download File ] ( Virginia DOT Continues Support of Rest Area Commercialization.pdf 13.73kb )

  "Virginia DOT Continues Support of Rest Area Commercialization"
  NATSO News Weekly May 22, 2009

• VA - NATSO Independent Member Bobby Berkstresser Submits Letter to the Editor Arguing Against Commercialization in Virginia

  "Letter: Commercializing Rest Areas Is Bad State Policy"
  Rockbridge Weekly and The Alleghany Journal May 18, 2009

• VA - NATSO outlines risks to Virginia jobs, businesses

  "Jobs, Businesses Could Be At Risk Under Virginia Transportation Board’s Rest Area Plan, says NATSO"
  NATSO April 2, 2009

• Commercialization proposals mount from coast to coast

  "States on Both Coasts Vow to Overturn Ban on Rest Area Commercialization"
  NATSO March 30, 2009
  

• CA, OR, WA - Commercialization sought for I-5 corridor

  "Three Governors Want ‘B.C.-to-Baja Green Highway’"
  The Richmond Times Dispatch, March 28, 2009
  

• WA - Truckstop operators oppose commercialization bill

  "NATSO Members Work Against I-5 Commercialization Legislation"
  NATSO News Weekly March 20, 2009
  

• Ca, OR, WA - NATSO Op-Ed Calls for Partnership, Not Competition

  "States Should Partner with Interstate 5 Businesses, Not Compete"
  The Seattle Times March 18, 2009
  

• CA, OR, WA - States Propose Commercial Rest Areas on I-5

  "Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels at I-5 Rest Stops"
  The Seattle Times March 8, 2009