Newbury Street to close to traffic on three summer Sundays
Make way for shoppers.
Following a successful pilot project last year, city officials announced Monday that they plan to shut down Newbury Street to traffic three times this summer, allowing people to stroll the nearly mile-long strip of shops and boutiques without the typical crush of traffic.
Details for “Open Newbury Street” are still in the works, according to Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s office. But preliminary plans call for keeping traffic off that road and several cross streets one Sunday each month in July, August, and September.
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