NEW: Worcester Declared Winter Parking Ban in Effect Tonight

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

GoLocalWorcester News Team

With two to five inches of snow in the forecast for Wednesday morning, the City of Worcester announced that a declared winter parking ban will go into effect at 10p.m. Tuesday night.

The City's permanent winter parking ban, which applies to emergency arteries, WRTA bus Rrutes and streets that are critical to the flow of traffic, went into effect on December 1 and will remain until April 30. Under the permanent ban, there is no parking on one or both sides of the street from 2-6a.m. and when a snow emergency is declared. The declared ban that goes into effect tonight applies to all remaining city streets.

A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service and will be in effect for Southern Worcester County on Wednesday from 4a.m. to 3p.m.