Additional Info on Parking and Driving Downtown during Halloween

From Mary Carbine at the BID. Sorry its a bit late . . .

Dear BID Members,

Mitch & I just got back from a walk around the district to see how Halloween preparations are shaping up. Here is some additional information we learned on parking & street closures, for Friday and Saturday.

Map of No Parking Zones / Alternate Street Routes: http://www.cityofmadison.com/halloween/documents/alt_traffic_routes.pdf

1) The No Parking zones indicated on this map will be in effect starting at 5:00 pm for both Friday and Saturday nights, 10/27 & 10/28. There are already signs on the streets and meters giving notice of the effective dates & times; you can check to confirm the times for your block.

2) There are no planned street closures tonight (Friday) for the streets crossing State (but of course, police reserve the option to close streets tonight if necessary for safety).

3) On Saturday, the plan is to start setting up street closure barricades around 7 pm, with closures to be in effect by 7:30 pm (start time of event gating). You will start seeing barricades being set out around 4 pm Sat. in preparation.

4) BUCKEYE LOT, 214 W. Gorham. There will be no parking available in the Buckeye Lot from 6:00 am Saturday 10/28 to 6:00am Sunday morning. Signage is being posted on the meters in the lot today. They will begin setting up the entertainment stage in the Gorham entrance of Buckeye at 2pm on Saturday. It was explained to us that the whole lot was needed for truck access to set up the staging, and that they needed to give adequate time to people in the lot to get their cars out.

We will do our best to keep you updated. We know how important it is for all of you that this weekend and the plan goes well, and we stand with you in hopes for a peaceful and successful Halloween.