Just received this mail from PennDOT District-6 District Engineer......
District 6-0 Employees and Embedded Consultants:
Effective the beginning of the work day tomorrow, March 13th, Governor Wolf has directed state office buildings in Montgomery County to close for a 14-day period. In an abundance of caution, the District Office will be closed at midnight, tonight, March 13th. The following are additional details that pertain to this preemptive closure;
RTMC operations will be transferred to the STMC for operational control starting at midnight tonight.
Montgomery County Maintenance operations will be reduced to a mission-critical staffing level. The sign crew, bridge crew, and one general maintenance crew will report to the County Maintenance Office. In addition, county support personnel will be identified to report on a rotational basis. The ADE-M will provide additional details momentarily.
County Maintenance Operations in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties will report to work as normal. This excludes those employees who reside in Montgomery County.
Construction projects geographically located in Montgomery County will be temporarily shut down starting at midnight tonight and will remain closed to comply with the two week period. Department staff will not report to the job site during this period. Contractors should have emergency response crews available to handle an emergency situation that may occur within the workzone and/or project limits. Additional details pertaining to administrative processing of construction contracts will be sent to our construction staff under separate cover.
Employees who reside in Montgomery County who work outside the county should not report to work. These employees should telecommute, if possible.
Employees who reside outside of Montgomery County, but work in Montgomery County should work remote, if possible.
The Governor’s office is working on a policy to grant additional leave to employees to cover their 10 work-day absence, if not approved to work remotely.
If issued a laptop, please take it home and be prepared to work remotely for this 14-day period. Work files that you may need to do your job should be taken home as well.
District leadership will be supplying a roster of employees who are authorized to work from home during this 14 calendar-day period. Employees not authorized to work from home will be supplied with additional leave to cover the period in which you are directed to not report to work.
I want to thank everyone for their continued cooperation as this critical health event evolves. Please continue to monitor your phones and emails for additional details in the next several days. Important notices may be sent via the CodeRed system as a means of communication or you may receive calls from your supervisor. I encourage each of you to exercise common sense practices to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. These techniques can be found on the PA Department of Health Website.