{"id":22713,"date":"2020-05-03T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64495"},"modified":"2020-05-03T14:04:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:04:35","slug":"polis-issues-order-bringing-food-trucks-to-rest-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/polis-issues-order-bringing-food-trucks-to-rest-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Polis issues order bringing food trucks to rest stops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Saturday allowing food trucks to operate at rest stops.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the novel coronavirus, retail businesses have been operating under many restrictions. As a result,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/truck-drivers-struggle-to-meet-their-everyday-needs-as-demand-remains-high-for-grocery-store-deliveries\/\" target=\"_blank\">truck drivers have struggled<\/a> to meet their basic needs, as many rely on rest stops for showers, food and rest when working.<\/p>\n<p>Polis\u2019 order&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Qk210oz8f88FQnGKCdeDdFwHEuphOSz_\/view\" target=\"_blank\">temporarily suspends the restriction<\/a>&nbsp;on businesses operating in connection with a highway or freeway. It also allows the Colorado Department of Transportation to issue permits to food trucks to operate at the rest areas.<\/p>\n<p>In the order, Polis wrote that supporting truck drivers is essential to maintaining strong supply chains both nationally and statewide. Since Colorado is a centrally-located state, he said many truck drivers come through carrying medical supplies, food and other goods.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook Live stream on Friday, Polis answered questions from the public, including one about rest stops reopening for truck drivers. Polis said the food truck option would soon become available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur truckers are a part of our supply chain, our essential workers, they\u2019ve been working all through this and I want to thank them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/polis-issues-order-bringing-food-trucks-to-rest-stops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Saturday allowing food trucks to operate at rest stops. In response to the novel coronavirus, retail businesses have been operating under many restrictions. As a result,\u00a0truck drivers have struggled to meet their basic needs, as many rely on rest stops for showers, food and rest when working. Polis\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 20:00:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}