you find out what happens you made a decision to close schools and universities and state offices and some institutions are going beyond next monday. are you giving any thought to extending that order beyond monday in terms of keeping schools closed we will decide as the weekend goes on. as we start seeing what happens and we see what the damages, will be making a decision can you give us an update on where things are with gas stations. are there any places where people are stalled because they don t have gas and problems to that degree we have worked to try to get fuel around the state, especially work to get fuel in the evacuation routes. i m sure people have run out of gas around the state. you can go to fl 511.com and look at our evacuation
taken shelter and there is still room for more. if you have a building and emergency officials ask you to open a shelter, please comply. this is so important to families seeking safety. everyone in florida needs to find a safe place to go. traffic. evacuation routes are moving, and we have implemented emergency shelter use on i. 4 from 50th street in tampa to orlando. our 1,700 state troopers remain on the road to assist in evacuations of traffic. they will remain on our roads until it is unsafe. check real time traffic information and evacuation routes at fl 511.com. we are still aggressively working to keep gas stations open and filled along active evacuation routes. i waived florida s motor fuel import tax for five days to help bring more fuel to our state for
we have stopped the shoulder driving on i-75 to the georgia line because traffic is moving. if there is a need to reopen this, fdot and highway safety will do so immediately. evacuations are not meant to be convenient, they are meant to keep you safe. check realtime traffic information and evacuation routes at fl 511.com. fuel. we are aggressively working to keep gas stations open and filled. this won t last much longer in south florida because it will be unsafe to be on the roads. while all the fuel ports in florida are now closed for safety as irma impacts our state, following the storm state troopers will escort fuel supply trucks directly to gas stations across the state. i waived florida motor fuel import tax for five days to bring more fuel to our state for storm response and recovery. this will aid our efforts to bring more fuel from other
exactly what happened. the seriousness of what you communicated the last few minutes, you made a decision to close schools and universities and state offices and some institutions are going beyond next monday. are you giving any thought to extending that order beyond monday in terms of keeping all schools closed throughout the state? we ll decide as the weekend goes on. we ll see as we start seeing what happened and we ll see what the damage is, we ll be making those decisions. governor could you give us an update on where things are with gas stations? are there any places where people are stalled because they don t have gas? any problems to that degree? we have worked to try to get fuel around the state. we especially worked to try to get fuel in the evacuation routes. i m sure people have run out of gas around the state. you can go to fl 511.com and
to get the gas and supplies down to shelters and families that need need it in the southern part of the state. contra flow also inhibits our ability to get emergency vehicles to people. right now, to ease congestion we have activated use of shoulders on i-75 from wildwood to the georgia line. please drive safely and listen to law enforcement. they re working to keep you and your family safe. real-time traffic information and evacuation routes are available at fl 511.com. we re seeing bottlenecks at major highway junctions which brings up an important point. you do not need to evacuate out of the state or hundreds of miles away to be safe. if you do not need to be on the road, please do not travel. find shelters in your count i. you can visit florida disaster.org/shelters to find out where shelters are in your area. le we are coordinating with google emergency s response team