MBTA interim General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville said on Friday that the mezzanine ticket area of the Red Line’s Alewife Station could reopen by the end of March and hinted that T attorneys are looking at ways to recover some of the repair costs.

The mezzanine was severely damaged and closed after a driver intending to harm himself drove his vehicle into a cement retaining wall on the roof of the Alewife parking garage on Saturday, February 4, at 1:30 in the afternoon.

The driver’s life was saved by an MBTA police officer, but the crash sent the cement wall crashing down on to the glass roof of the mezzanine ticket area, severely damaging the roof structure and showering some passengers with glass. No one was seriously injured.

Gonneville told the MBTA board that repairs to the facility are moving forward and could be completed next month.

Board member Bob Butler asked Gonneville how much the repairs will cost, but Gonneville didn’t produce a figure. He previously told reporters the cost would easily exceed $1 million.

Board member Scott Darling asked if any of the repair costs could be recovered, presumably from the driver or the driver’s insurance company.

“The MBTA attorneys are obviously looking to evaluate what path the MBTA could possibly take to recover some of these costs,” Gonneville said.

The driver, who has not been identified, could face criminal charges. MBTA Police have called for him to be charged with driving to endanger and eight counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count for each of the passengers who were in the mezzanine at the time of the crash.

Board member Chanda Smart asked Gonneville if the T was taking any steps to prevent such an incident from occurring in the future. Gonneville said it’s a good question, but he didn’t have an answer, at least not yet.

“This we know was an intentional act,” he said.