For Immediate Release: August 14, 2008, 2:58 p.m.

Thruway Authority Announces Restaurant/Restroom Services Temporarily Unavailable at Port Byron Travel Plaza
Fuel Services Still Available

The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that restaurant and restroom services at the Port Byron Travel Plaza, located at milepost 310 eastbound, are temporarily unavailable to motorists. Fuel Services remain available.

Eastbound motorists in need of restaurant and restroom services are advised to stop at the Clifton Springs Travel Plaza (milepost 337), located approximately 27 miles west of the Port Byron Travel Plaza, or the DeWitt Travel Plaza (milepost 280), located approximately 30 miles east of the Port Byron Travel Plaza.

The restaurant and restroom services at the Plaza will be reopened as soon as conditions permit.

The Authority has activated its Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) to inform eastbound motorists that restaurant and restroom services at the Port Byron Travel Plaza have been temporarily suspended.

The Authority appreciates motorists' patience at this time.

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The Authority offers a free email service called TRANSalert to its customers via email or text messaging to inform them of major unscheduled incidents that may affect their travel on the Thruway.  To sign up for the TRANSalert service, customers can visit the Authority’s website at www.nysthruway.gov/tas/.

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