Thursday, January 16, 2014
MLK Parade street closings announced
Downtown traffic will be rerouted for several hours Monday as Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police close down streets and intersections for the Martin Luther King Day Parade, scheduled for 10 a.m.
Road closures throughout the staging area will begin at 6:30 a.m. The staging area runs from East Broad Street to Price Street and Liberty Street to Gwinnett Street.
The parade route begins at East Broad and Liberty streets then travels north on East Broad to Broughton Street, west on Broughton to MLK Boulevard, and south on MLK to Anderson Street to disband. Roads along the staging area and parade route will remain closed throughout the parade’s duration.
“No Parking Zone” notices will be posted along Broughton and MLK Sunday morning between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Vehicles remaining in the no parking zone after 7 a.m. Monday will be towed at the owners expense.
Delivery vehicles with Bay Street destinations should take Interstate 516 at DeRenne Avenue to northbound Truman Parkway at Presidents Street to access Bay Street.
Traffic will be impacted until approximately 3 p.m.
