NEWINGTON, Conn. (AP) – Tired truckers traveling through Connecticut don’t always have a place to stop and rest, according to a Department of Transportation study.

On any given night, the state is short about 1,300 spaces for truck drivers, according to the study, which also projects a parking shortage of 1,750 spaces by 2025 if nothing is done.

“My experience in Connecticut is to keep going to Rhode Island if you’re going north,” John Bancey of Harford, Pa told the New Haven Register. “If you’re going south (toward New York), forget it.”

Federal law requires truckers to drive no more than 11 hours within a 14-hour work day, which means they have to pull over for a 10-hour stretch.

The lack of public and private rest stops for truckers leads to trucks parked along exit and entrance ramps or on the shoulder of the highway, the report said.

State troopers can use their discretion in deciding whether to force truckers to move illegally parked trucks, said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the state police.

“There’s no blanket (policy) to get them all off, get them moving,” he said. “It would be the trooper’s responsibility to make a determination if he’s a hazard.”

The study recommends adding several rest areas, including a few that would be for trucks only. It also is critical of the state’s welcome centers and service plazas.

It also suggests replacing rest areas on both sides of Interstate 95 with new ones built over the highway that would serve drivers going in both directions.

Kevin Nursick, a DOT spokesman, conceded that the cost and other issues, put some of the ideas low on the list of priorities, especially new construction.

“All of the recommendations so far would cost some $550 million, so new build is not the priority for the department,” he said. “We want to fix what we have.”