TRAVEL ALERTS: Travel Ban to be Lifted at Midnight, MBTA Will Resume, and Logan Airport Will Reopen

By Les Masterson (Patch Staff)

Gov. Charlie Baker said the travel ban in Massachusetts will be lifted at midnight as the Blizzard of 2015 makes its way out of Massachusetts.

The statewide travel ban will be repealed in all counties. Motorists, especially those in Boston and Eastern counties, are asked to use caution and respect efforts still underway by the Mass DOT. Parking bans are still in effect in Boston and other communities.

The MBTA will resume operations on Wednesday morning. Trains will operate on a regular schedule and buses will also operate on a regular schedule as long as the roads and stops have been properly cleared.

Logan Airport will reopen at 6 a.m. Wednesday with a small number of flights. That should ramp up by noon and JetBlue plans on resuming service by 3 p.m Wednesday.

The state will limit state workers to 22,000 “emergency” executive branch employees, said Baker.

Baker said snow will continue to fall in parts of Eastern Massachusetts into the night and possibly as late as midnight. Another 2 to 6 inches may fall tonight.

He also warned there is still a lot of snow to be removed from roads and sidewalks and it will be a long cleanup.

Baker said a smaller storm could hit Massachusetts on Thursday and Friday that could drop another six inches.

When Baker was asked what he thought about Mother Nature after his first brush with a major storm as Massachusetts governor, Baker quipped, “She’s a big, powerful lady.”