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Hazmat vehicles banned during daytime

By Zachary T. Sampson

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 11, 2012

The state transportation department today banned trucks carrying hazardous materials through Boston between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., a decision Mayor Thomas M. Menino called a triumph for city residents. “Today’s announcement is a victory for the people of Boston,” Menino said in a statement. “We have worked hard to prevent hazmat vehicles without a destination in the City from using our local streets as a cut-through for traveling between northern and southern points in the Commonwealth.”

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