Parking Changes on North and Bridge Street Following Salem MBTA Garage Opening

From: Robert K McCarthy

Councillor Ward One

Parking Changes on North and Bridge Street Following Salem MBTA Garage Opening

With the MBTA commuter rail station and garage scheduled to open after 4:00 p.m. on October 24, the City of Salem and the MBTA have announced the following planned changes to on-street and lot parking on North Street and Bridge Street.

• No on-street parking on Bridge Street. On-street parking along the northern side of Bridge Street will be prohibited starting on Monday, November 3rd. This property is owned and controlled by the MBTA, not the City. The MBTA will be installing barricades to restrict parking in this area.
• Limited on-street parking on North Street. On-street satellite parking along North Street from the area near the intersection of Commercial Street to Leslie’s Retreat Park will return to its original restrictions from prior to the start of the MBTA garage project. These include 30 minute parking on the westerly side of North Street, south of Commercial Street, near O’Rourke Brothers Memorials (73 North Street) and no parking on the easterly side of North Street, from the intersection with Commercial Street to Leslie’s Retreat Park. This change takes effect Monday, November 3.
• Universal Steel lot parking rates. The parking rate to park in the City’s surface lot at the Universal Steel site (297 Bridge Street) would be $4/day, Mondays-Saturdays, commencing November 4, pending approval by the City Council and Parking Board. The rate has been submitted for the City Council’s vote at their meeting on October 23 and the Parking Board’s vote at their meeting on November 3.

City parking enforcement officers will be focusing on residential neighborhoods in the areas close by the garage in the days following the garage’s opening, to ensure that commuters and visitors are not parking in resident-only zones. They will also be patrolling the Bridge Street and North Street areas identified above to ensure vehicles are parked legally and safely.