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2016 Holiday & Thanksgiving Day Parade & Event RTC's

Post by eaglestailg8ter
PA Team - REMINDER!!! The 2016 holiday parade / event season begins THIS WEEKEND!! Let's be proactive and get those RTC's entered! Events this weekend will need to be entered ASAP!



Here is list of some upcoming events that will require closures to be entered:

Philadelphia: November 24th - 6 ABC / Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Hatboro - Sunday November 20th; Hatboro Holiday Parade on Old York Rd - SR-263
Leechburg: Leechburg Lights - Light up night December 5th & Tree Lighting.
Lancaster: Thanksgiving Day Parade
Pittsburgh - Light up Pittsburgh Night - November 18th with fireworks launched from Warhol bridge.
Pittsburgh - November 26th - WXPI 36th Annual Holiday Parade.
Philadelphia: New Years Day - Mummers Parade.
Wilkes-Barre - November 19th - Downtown Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting.
Scranton - November 19th - Downtown - "Santa Parade"
Easton - November 26th - 11am - 7pm - Center Square - Peace Candle lighting
Allentown - December 1st, Hamilton St 4-7 pm Tree Lighting Ceremony

Please respond if you can enter one of the above closures. Plus check your EA for local parades and Events not listed above that require an RTC!
Thanks!

Bob
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Mayfair Thanksgiving Parade- Nov 20th, rain date Nov 27th.

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Post by eaglestailg8ter
6ABC / Dunkin Donuts Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day parade closure is entered.
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Thanks Alan! - Everyone - The Mayfair Holmesburg Thanksgiving Day Parade closure is entered.
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Post by roarlions1
Wilkes-Barre - November 19th - Downtown Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting is all set!
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Post by roarlions1
Hatboro - Sunday November 20th; Hatboro Holiday Parade on Old York Rd - SR-263 is all set!

Note to fellow editors, if internet searches don't help, feel free to contact the organizers. Here's the email I sent to the Hatboro Chamber of Commerce and the reply I received the same day:

Hatboro Chamber
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to me
York Road is closed from County Line Road ( north) to Warminster Road ( south)
Many of the sides road are closed during the parade.
York Road is shut down starting at 12 noon.
here is a copy of the letter that we send to each parade participant.
Kathy

Kathy Salemno
Executive Secretary
Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce
215-956-9540
hatborochamber@gmail.com


On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Eric Lewbart <roarlions23@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning,

I am a Waze volunteer and am looking for information on the roads that will be closed on Sun. 11/19 between 2-4 PM. We would like to update our map so drivers will not be routed through the route during this time.

Thank you for your help!
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Comcast Light Up Night, Pittsburgh, on Nov. 18 entered.
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Post by Smitty15
Found this if it helps...

PITTSBURGH - Light Up Night, which is Pittsburgh's annual holiday season kick-off event, will take place downtown on Friday, and a list of road closures has been released.

RELATED: Light Up Night set for Nov. 18; dozens of holiday festivities planned

Closures throughout downtown Pittsburgh begin at 7 a.m. and last until midnight. Here is the list:

7:00 a.m. - Midnight Closures

Northbound Stanwix Street from Liberty Avenue to the entrance to the Ft Duquesne Parking Garage.
Fort Duquesne Boulevard Westbound from 7th Street to 6th Street
9:00 a.m. - Midnight Closures

Fort Duquesne Boulevard, both directions between 6th Street and 9th Street. Clemente and Carson Bridges to remain open. Warhol Bridge continues to be closed for construction.
Seventh Street and Eighth Street from Fort Duquesne Boulevard to Penn Avenue. Parking lot and garage access will remain open to and from Penn Avenue only.
4:00 p.m. - Midnight Closures

Market Square, Market Street, Graeme, and lower Forbes Avenue. Upper Forbes will remain open through Macmasters Way for local traffic only.
4th Avenue from Stanwix Street to Wood.
6:00 p.m. - Midnight Closures

Stanwix Street, both directions, from Liberty Avenue to the entrance of the Ft Duquesne Parking Garage.
Penn Avenue from 5th Street/Cecil/CLO Way to Liberty Avenue Extension.
The Clemente Bridge will be closed to pedestrians and vehicles during the fireworks (approximately 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.)
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