Massachusetts transportation officials are eyeing free and reduced MBTA fares for some riders among a suite of strategies to cushion the traffic blows from an impending two-month Sumner Tunnel shutdown.
MBTA service has been plagued by reliability problems and slower speeds, but Gulliver voiced some optimism that conditions will improve before the Sumner Tunnel closure begins in July.
"We've been speaking with the GM, with his team. We're confident that the majority of those [slow zones] are going to be taken out before this project starts," Gulliver said on Thursday."They might have a few remaining, I think as you heard the GM's comments a couple of weeks ago, going into November before 100 percent of them are gone.
"If you are somebody who is driving a passenger car, we're doing a number of things, too, to make sure that your commute is the least problematic that it can be. There's no way to avoid the congestion that's going to happen with this, but we'll be working to give you other opportunities," Gulliver said.
The tunnel, which opened to motorists in June 1934, has substantial and growing maintenance needs. Gulliver said the work will involve completely removing flat ceiling panels and roadways to repair tunnel arches above and below them, steps that cannot take place with only a partial closure.
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