Truckers may soon find some relief while traveling through Alberta. Premier Jason Kenney says he has written to the heads of all the major fast food companies asking them to give truckers a break. “Today I’m calling on restaurants to temporarily allow heavy truck and long-haul truck drivers to walk up to the drive-thru window to place their order and allow them access to washrooms.” Kenney also announced all of the provincially-run highway rest stops have re-opened.
These measures follow a couple weeks of pain for truck drivers making deliveries in a world largely shut down by COVID-19. Food can be scarce.
Dine-in restaurants are mostly closed. Tractor trailers don’t fit through a drive through. Washrooms and showers are also proving