Worcester Opens Warming Center, Activates Parking Ban Ahead Of Weekend Weather

WORCESTER, MA — The city announced it would open its warming center for residents due to frigid temperatures.

The Worcester Senior Center, at 128 Providence St., will serve as a warming center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, and Sunday, Feb. 8.

This comes as Massachusetts is expecting another snowstorm, just a few weeks after around 20 inches of snow fell in many communities. The National Weather Service is forecasting 3 to 4 inches of snow from showers that will begin early Saturday morning and continue intermittently throughout the day, according to the NWS.

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A Declared Winter Parking Ban will also go into effect on Friday at 9 p.m. That means all parking is prohibited on both sides of main arteries, emergency and bus routes, and streets in the downtown area critical to traffic flow. You can find those streets here.

All municipal garages will be free to anyone who enters after 6 p.m. Friday until the parking ban is lifted; towing and ticketing will be enforced.

Residents are asked to use one of these garages: Major Taylor Garage (30 Major Taylor Blvd.), Federal Plaza Garage (570 Main St.), Pearl & Elm Garage (20 Pearl St.), Worcester Common Garage (3 Eaton Place), and Union Station Garage (225 Franklin St.).

“With several inches of snowfall in the forecast, we want to assure residents that crews will be pre-treating roads and clearing the snow while still dealing with the aftermath of the recent storm that dumped more than 20 inches on the city,” said City Manager Eric D. Batista. “

Batista asked residents not shovel snow back into the street after plows come through.

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