The MBTA faced some delays Monday as work crews cleaned up from Sunday’s heavy snowstorm, but officials said service was nearly back to normal across the full transit system.
The one exception was ferry service to Hingham, Hull, Boston and Logan Airport, which the T canceled Monday.
“Due to an influx of slush and ice into Hingham Harbor, we’re unable to run that service today,” MBTA Chief Operating Officer Ryan Coholan said Monday afternoon during a news conference with top state officials.
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He advised ferry riders to check the agency’s website and the MBTA Go mobile app for updates and said the authorities would try to release information on Tuesday’s ferry service “as early as possible.”
The rest of the MBTA system should be running normally by Tuesday, Coholan said.
On the subway, the MBTA reported 20-minute delays on the Blue, Orange and Red lines on Monday morning as work crews cleared snow.
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Coholan asked passengers and people traveling through MBTA facilities to allow for extra travel time.
Sunday’s storm was the state’s most significant winter weather in four years, leaving more than a foot-and-a-half of snow in communities across the state.
Some towns along the North Shore and in Central Massachusetts reported up to 22 inches of snow.
Logan International Airport in Boston logged 18.6 inches, the most since a late January 2022 storm deposited 23.6 inches.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation had about 3,000 pieces of equipment at work during the peak of the storm, and about that many were still in use on Monday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey and other state officials said during the Monday afternoon press conference.
While officials lauded the snow removal effort, they also offered condolences to the family of a 51-year-old woman killed Sunday when she and her husband were struck by a snowplow driver in an MBTA parking lot in Norwood.
The husband was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The snowplow driver, a 33-year-old man contracted by the T, stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, authorities said.
“I’ve spoken with her husband. It’s just devastating,” Healey said.
“It is heartbreaking, and my heart goes out to their family,” she continued. “I was very, very, very sorry to see that.”
Periods of light to moderate snow will continue through Monday night. The National Weather Service said the state could expect roughly 1to 4 inches of new snow before 1 a.m. Tuesday.
On Monday, Healey and her chief lieutenants repeated an exhortation they’ve been offering since the snow started falling on Sunday afternoon.
“If you can stay off the roads, we really appreciate it because the crews need time to clean up and they’re going to need more time to deal with whatever (snow) falls,” on Monday afternoon and into the evening, Healey said.