Snowdown’s Get Your Comic On! Light Parade will begin with a single firework about 6 p.m. (or dusk) Friday on Main Avenue.
Parking along the parade route and staging areas will be restricted beginning at 1:30 p.m. Friday. There will be marked signs for no-parking areas.
All traffic along the parade route and staging areas will be detoured.
Street closures and traffic restrictions will include:
Fifth Street from Main Avenue to Park Elementary School, beginning at 1:30 p.m.Traffic along the parade route on Main Avenue, from Fifth to 13th streets, will not be permitted beginning at 2:30 p.m.All vehicles parked in private lots adjacent to street closures should vacate before 3 p.m. College Drive will remain open to through-traffic only (no turns onto Main Avenue will be allowed) until 5:30 p.m.To ease congestion and help with transportation, the city will provide a free shuttle from the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., to the Transit Center, 250 W. Eighth St. The shuttle will begin at 5 p.m. and run every 15 minutes. It will end at 8 p.m.
The Main Avenue trolley will also be free beginning at 3 p.m. The trolley will arrive at stops along Main Avenue every 20 minutes. The last free trolley will depart downtown at 8:40 p.m.
For more information about all closures, free transit options and information about the limited parking available downtown, visit DowntownDurango.org and click on “Announcements.”
For more information about Snowdown, visit www.snowdown.org.
