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First Rest Stop Renovation To Be Ready for Memorial Day Weekend; Many More To Come

It’s almost Memorial Day, which means people are getting ready to go down the Shore. They might be dreading the traffic, but there will be a shiny, new spot to stop for those heading to Exit 100 or points further south on the Garden State Parkway.

Just in time for the unofficial start of summer, the new Monmouth service area will be fully operational by Memorial Day, according to the Asbury Park Press. The Sunoco fuel pumps at the area are already operational with the main building scheduled to open within the next week. HMS Host spent about $11.5 million on the facility.

The Monmouth service area location was the first Parkway rest stop to be rebuilt as part a $250 million plan to replace or remodel 16 service areas on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.

According to NJ.com, the Thomas Edison rest stop in Woodbridge is the first of the Turnpike facility to be redone. The 16 locations won’t all be complete until 2024.

HMS Host will replace eight service stops on the Turnpike and Parkway and remodel six others, while Sunoco will invest in fuel services and convenience stores at 21 sites, according to the Asbury Park Press story.