Dorchester resident parking program expanded to Ellington, Erie and surrounding streets

In cooperation with local residents and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, the Boston Transportation Department is expanding the Dorchester Resident Parking Program to include Ellington, Erie and a number of other streets in that vicinity. Neighborhood residents are reminded that it is necessary for them to apply for a Resident Parking Permit. Courtesy flyers are currently being distributed, but actual enforcement of the new regulations will begin on Monday, May 5.

“Boston’s Resident Parking Program serves to give Boston residents preference to on-street parking spaces in the City’s neighborhoods,” said Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “Nearly 90,000 Resident Parking Permits are currently active city-wide, and now additional Dorchester residents will soon be participating in the program as well. I am pleased that, working together, area residents and city staff were able to find a solution to the parking problems in this neighborhood.”

In accordance with the new plan, the Resident Parking Program will be effective beginning May 5 at the following additional locations in Dorchester.

Strathcona Street, from Brinsley Street to Washington Street
Powellton Road,Glenarm Street to Columbia Road
Morse Street, Washington Street to Ronald Street
Merrill Street, Fenelon Street to Glenarm Street
Fenelon Street, Washington Street to Merrill Street
Glenarm Street, Seaver Street to Washington Street
Brinsley Street, Columbia Road toWashington Street
Ronald Street, Morse Street to Brinsley Street
Erie Street, Ellington Street to Merrill Street
Ellington Street, ErieStreet to Old Road

To obtain a Resident Parking Permit, residents must present their vehicle registration showing their name and current Dorchester address. Residents must also present a current proof of residency, dated within 30 to 45 days, in the form of a utility bill, bank statement or credit card bill, with the same name and address as on the registration.

Residents may apply for the permit online at www.cityofboston.gov/parking, click on Resident Parking and then New Permit. Residents may also apply for the permit at the Office of the Parking Clerk, Room 224, City Hall, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 AM and4:30 PM, or at Boston’s City Hall to Go Truck. The truck will be parked in front of#157 Washington Street in Dorchester on the following dates.

April 5, 2 – 5 PM
April 18, 3 – 6 PM
April 26, 2 – 5 PM

Vehicles parked in violation of the Resident Parking regulations without a valid permit are subject to a $40 parking ticket fine.

Residents should also be aware that all overdue City of Boston parking tickets must be paid before a permit will be issued. Payments may be made as follows.

By phone, #617-635-3888. with MasterCard or Visa
By web, www.cityofboston.gov/parking, click on parking violations payments
In person, the Office of the Parking Clerk, Room 224-City Hall
In Person, at the City Hall to Go Truck

Interim Boston Transportation Department Commissioner James J. Gillooly said, “I expect that the implementation of the Resident Parking Program will make convenient, on-street parking more accessible for residents in this neighborhood. BTD would like to thank the neighborhood residents, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and the City Hall to Go Truck staff for their assistance on this project.”