LAWRENCE — Public transportation in the Merrimack Valley will resume Tuesday at 5 a.m.
The Merrimack Valley’s transit authority, MeVa, whose 25 routes serve 16 communities from Lowell to Newburyport, stopped service on Sunday at 3 p.m. due to the weekend snowstorm.
MeVa Administrator Noah Berger said he and other MeVa transportation officials decided on Saturday to shut down service during the storm.
“The chief factor was safety,” he said. “We have to worry about the safety of our equipment on the road, but then also our operators getting back home if the conditions make it hard for them.”
MeVa had been monitoring the storm’s progress and following guidance from the governor’s office.
Initially, MeVa planned to start service today, Monday.
But when the forecast showed the storm to be a greater snow event than expected MeVa officials delayed resuming service until Tuesday.