Daily News | I-95 collapse location particularly tough on Philly-area food suppliers
And that’s just the fruits and vegetables, he added, noting that dairy, meats and other foods have their own supply chains that are now disrupted in their last miles to city locations.“Everything is going to get here, but with lots of delays,” Finazzo said. “They are shooing everyone off I-95 south into the neighborhoods. I’ve seen semitrailer traffic on Richmond Ave., where it’s just two lanes. Aramingo also, where it pinches, below the shopping centers.
For trucks rolling from other parts of Northeast Philly, “they’re pushing drivers over to [Roosevelt] Boulevard,” said Vince Schiavone, executive director ofTo get to the Philadelphia Regional Produce Market and a warehouse the charity maintains near the airport, “we’re sending trucks over to Jersey and back,” Schiavone added. “It adds hours to our time on the road. And a lot of people who pick food up at our warehouse can’t get to it.
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