{"id":19396,"date":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natso.com\/odot-to-issue-rfp-to-commercialize-non-interstate-rest-areas\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T18:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:46:56","slug":"odot-to-issue-rfp-to-commercialize-non-interstate-rest-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natso.com\/odot-to-issue-rfp-to-commercialize-non-interstate-rest-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"ODOT to Issue RFP to Commercialize Non-Interstate Rest Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ira Wexler\/NATSO<\/p>\n

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) last week issued a request for information (RFI) seeking input on an upcoming proposal to commercialize non-interstate rest areas across the state.<\/p>\n

In its RFI, ODOT said it would seek to construct service plazas at 26 non-interstate rest areas to provide fuel, food, lodging and other travel-related services. ODOT plans to have all of the plazas developed, financed and operated through a lease agreement.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the “Cleveland Plain Dealer,” 黑料社区President and CEO Lisa Mullings said ODOT’s proposal to construct commercial rest areas along non-interstate routes represents yet another ill-conceived attempt by the state to compete with small-town businesses, threatening jobs and local tax dollars, as a way to fix state budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n

“State financial budget problems are not a burden that should be transferred to local business owners and local communities,” Mullings said. “Yet this is exactly what the Ohio Department of Transportation is planning to do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This article originally ran in 黑料社区News Weekly<\/a> <\/em>(NNW), NATSO’s member only<\/strong> weekly electronic newsletter. NNW is packed with the latest updates on government and business issues affecting the truckstop and travel plaza industry.<\/p>\n

If you aren’t reading NNW, you are missing out. Not a <\/span>member<\/a>? <\/span>Join today<\/a> or <\/span>submit a request to receive additional information<\/a>. <\/span>If you are a member and not receiving NNW, submit a request to be added to the email list<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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