Massive traffic jams made for a horrible commute on Dorchester Ave and Pleasant Street this morning. Photos by Lauren Dezenski
It is the winter that won’t let us up.
Last week’s Blizzard of 2015, a two-day event, was the opening act of a week-long series of storms that as of Wednesday had dumped a record 40.5 inches of snow onto the city.
The snow, coupled with cold temperatures, meant no melting of the growing snowpack – and headache-inducing commutes for people on the roads and rails in Dorchester and across the state.
On Wednesday morning, Dorchester Avenue grappled with gridlock along its entire length as commuters tangled with large trucks making deliveries and yellow school buses, back on the road for the first time this week after another two days of canceled classes.
“A lot of us are dealing with a lot of new cars on the road,” Mayor Martin Walsh told the Reporter on Wednesday. “A lot more people went to work today and the school busses. But that’s happened on Dot Ave in the past with no snow on the ground.”