Holidays to impact traffic during first weekend of Sumner closure [Video]

Drivers are bracing for heavy traffic from holiday travelers amid the first weekend of the Sumner Tunnel closure.”Usually takes me about an hour, today it’s taking me more than an hour,” one driver said.AAA predicts record-breaking numbers, which more than 60 million people expected to drive home from their vacations and nearly 6 million to fly.Travelers should brace for delays if travel plans take them through East Boston, Logan Airport or the Ted Williams Tunnel.Gridlock during the closure in 2023 caused Massport to temporarily reroute traffic to prevent terminals from getting backed up. Detour signs, state police details and lane adjustments are expected this year.”I’m going to drive today with no passengers so that I can know the streets and where to be going,” rideshare driver Carlos Dasilva said. Uber driver Matt Rastegar expects similar issues. “It’s a really really difficult task. There’s no way around it,” he said. “Not …