Narrative:

Approach control called on the landline and asked what altitude that I showed active in the restricted airspace. I answered that I was displaying restricted airspace from the surface to 10;000 feet. The controller at approach informed me that they were showing restricted areas active from sfc-22;000 feet since the previous day. I called other affected center sectors to ask what they were displaying and both sectors said only surface to 10;000 feet. I went ahead and told both controllers what approach told me and to show the airspace active to 22;000 feet until the situation was resolved. I then informed my supervisor of the situation. I was told by my supervisor later that it was confirmed by tape review that the airspace was approved active by a controller working the previous day. Prior to approach calling me; aircraft X had flown through restricted areas a and B coming level at 13;000 feet. Prior to this incident; aircraft Y departing climbing to 22;000 feet had been vectored to the west to accommodate traffic flow and may have violated the restricted airspace as well.I would recommend that coordination on this restricted airspace be done through the operations manager; traffic management unit or supervisor along with the controller's approval. Workload is a bit much to ask the controller on a sector to get two other sector's approval of releasing the airspace to approach and inputting the information into the uret (user request evaluation tool) all while working traffic on the sector.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZME ARTCC Controller and a Controller in Charge reported aircraft were allowed to fly through Restricted Airspace due to faulty coordination.

Narrative: Approach Control called on the landline and asked what altitude that I showed active in the Restricted airspace. I answered that I was displaying Restricted Airspace from the surface to 10;000 feet. The controller at Approach informed me that they were showing Restricted areas active from SFC-22;000 feet since the previous day. I called other affected Center sectors to ask what they were displaying and both sectors said only surface to 10;000 feet. I went ahead and told both controllers what Approach told me and to show the airspace active to 22;000 feet until the situation was resolved. I then informed my supervisor of the situation. I was told by my supervisor later that it was confirmed by tape review that the airspace was approved active by a controller working the previous day. Prior to Approach calling me; Aircraft X had flown through Restricted Areas A and B coming level at 13;000 feet. Prior to this incident; Aircraft Y departing climbing to 22;000 feet had been vectored to the west to accommodate traffic flow and may have violated the restricted airspace as well.I would recommend that coordination on this restricted airspace be done through the Operations Manager; Traffic Management Unit or Supervisor along with the controller's approval. Workload is a bit much to ask the controller on a sector to get two other sector's approval of releasing the airspace to Approach and inputting the information into the URET (User Request Evaluation Tool) all while working traffic on the sector.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.