Traffic & Transit
Arlington Traffic: Mass. Ave. Closed For Snapped Pole
Police say residents in the area should expect power outages.

ARLINGTON, MA – A power pole snapped on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, according to police. The street is closed between Lancaster Road and Hibbert Street.
Some residents in the Park Avenue and Mass. Ave. may see outages, police said. There are currently 1,395 electricity customers – 7 percent of those served in Arlington – without power, according to the MEMA outage map.
TRAFFIC ALERT MASS AVE NEAR LANCASTER RD & HIBBERT ST: Mass Ave is currently closed between Lancaster Rd and Hibbert St due to a snapped power pole. Please expect power outages (Park Ave and Mass Ave) and traffic delays in that area. pic.twitter.com/HT91PkU3os
— Arlington, MA Police (@ArlingtonMAPD) August 3, 2018
Image via Arlington Police Department
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