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Fall Foliage Parade Road Closures Announced11:43AM / Monday, September 28, 2009
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Fall Foliage Parade Committee is working with the North Adams Police Department on public safety details for the 54th annual Fall Foliage Parade scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4, at 1.
The police will be working on street postings, road closings, detours and all safety precautions.
Outside departments, including the Clarksburg Police and the Berkshire County Sheriff and the Deputies of Berkshire County, will be assisting with traffic and crowd control.
The Saturday night before the parade there will be a list of streets posted with "No Parking" signs. These streets are Main, Church, lower Eagle, State, Curran Highway, Ashland, Blackinton and Porter. The postings will begin after midnight and take approximately three hours to post throughout the city.
At daybreak, the police will place yellow tape along the route in the downtown area to retain the crowd, and to designate an area for handicapped-accessible viewing. Street cones, wooden horses and signs will be placed at all intersections, with the help of the North Adams Department of Public Works.
Portions of the route will be shut down at 11 a.m., including all northbound traffic into the city via Route 8. At noon, all traffic detour posts will be in place. At this time, police will work to ensure the safety of the runners in the 5K Fall Foliage Festival Road Race, which signals the parade is soon to begin.
Because of the construction on the Hadley Overpass, this year the parade committee is closing the bridge to spectators and is asking people to make plans to view the parade from an alternate location. Paradegoers can still view the parade from the north and south ends of the bridge.
After the police cruisers take up the rear of the parade, the department begins the job of breaking down the detours, taking down all the signs and everything else left from crowd control. The Parade Committee said the role of the Police Department is crucial to the execution of the parade and it is appreciative of the department's help and support year after year. The dispatchers at the Police Department also play a large role in parade day. Last year, they received more than 100 calls relating to the parade between the hours of 8 and 11:30 a.m.
For more information about the Fall Foliage Parade, visit www.fallfoliageparade.com or call 413-499-4000, Ext. 26. |
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