{"id":100470,"date":"2020-04-03T00:20:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100470"},"modified":"2020-04-03T00:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:22:06","slug":"city-government-buildings-remain-closed-street-cleaning-suspension-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100470","title":{"rendered":"CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS REMAIN CLOSED; STREET CLEANING SUSPENSION EXTENDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown city government buildings will remain closed to the public through Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell closed city buildings on March 25 after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a \u201cStay at Home\u201d order for Lehigh and Northampton counties.\u00a0 The mayor\u2019s original order was good until Monday, April 6.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s order seeks to save lives and stop the spread of COVID-19 which according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health has infected 7016 persons in Pennsylvania.\u00a0 There are 479 cases in Lehigh County.\u00a0 As of yesterday afternoon, 207 of the Lehigh County cases are in Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor O\u2019Connell is also extending his March 17 order suspending the city\u2019s street cleaning program through Sunday, April 19.\u00a0 Although residents may still see a sweeper operating on their street, no street cleaning tickets will be issued during the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wolf has ordered all non-essential businesses to close through April 30 to help mitigate the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, more vehicles are parked on all city streets leaving those vehicles on designated street cleaning streets with little place to go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n 435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\n Allentown, PA 18101<br \/>\n Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; 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