TRENTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- Municipal and private-club swimming pools in New Jersey will be allowed to reopen in two weeks, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday — hours before he introduced a ten-year plan aimed at ensuring the health and safety of NJ Transit riders and operators.
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Both types of pools will have the go-ahead to reopen on Monday, June 22, Murphy tweeted ahead of his daily briefing on Monday. The New Jersey Department of Health is expected to release "full guidance… relating to the procedures and protocols that will need to be followed" on Tuesday, he said.
Summer camps will be able to use their pools when they reopen on July 6, he noted.
During his daily briefing hours later, Murphy introduced a plan called NJT2030, which he described as NJ Transit's "first-ever, long-term ten-year strategic plan."
The plan includes strategies that will promote the health and safety of riders and train operators, from enhanced cleaning to the use of personal protective equipment, he said.
Murphy also introduced NJ Transit's five-year capital plan, which he said "identifies short-term and long-term capital needs, to help show us the path forward."
"A safe and reliable NJ Transit is necessary to help us travel our road back," he said. "If we work together to make the vision in these plans reality, NJ Transit will help power New Jersey's resurgence at a time when we need it most."
New Jersey on Monday reported 356 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 164,497 and the statewide death toll to 12,214.
As of Monday, 1,740 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19, 361 of whom were on ventilators.
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