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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
9 Jun 2023
Joe Dwinell


NextImg:Free Blue Line, other options rolled out ahead of Sumner Tunnel closure

The Blue Line will be free, parking just $2, the East Boston Ferry won’t cost you and tolls will be reduced for everyone living with the traffic-jamming closure of the Sumner Tunnel.

The T is rolling out “mitigation options” as the Sumner Tunnel closes from July 5 to Aug. 31.

In a bulletin shared with the Herald, Gov. Maura Healey’s transportation bosses apologized for what will be a crippling inconvenience for many. The also summed it up by suggesting those in the area “leave your car at home” and “explore transit options.”

Those options include the Blue Line in both directions will being free; MBTA parking lots and garages on the Blue Line will be reduced to $2 a day; and, the East Boston ferry will be free.

Also, discounted tolls will be provided for the Tobin Bridge and Ted Williams Tunnel for “those registered in the Resident Discount Program,” the T said.

Fares from Salem and Swampscott Commuter Rail will also be $2 to $2.40; free parking will be offered at lots north of Salem, including Beverly, Gloucester, Hamilton/Wenham, Newburyport, North Beverly, Monserrat, Rowley, and West Gloucester.

The MBTA has added a new ferry service between Lynn and Central Wharf in Boston to also help ease the pain.

The T is calling this “preliminary measures,” as residents absorb the fallout from the tunnel closure.