From the City of Champaign:
Following the event:
Vehicles exiting the parking lots will be routed through the same entrances in which they entered. (See above.) Upon exiting, the traffic pattern will be as follows:
- Parkland Way / Mattis Ave exit. All vehicles will be directed to the north. Both lanes open to east bound traffic.
- Illinois workNet Center lot. All vehicles will be directed to the south.
- Vehicles exiting the Parkland College Main entrance on Bradley Avenue will be directed to the east. Bradley Avenue will be one way (east bound) between Clayton Blvd and Mattis Avenue. Initially, Country Fair Drive south of Bradley Avenue will be closed to allow for business parking lots in the area to clear.
- Traffic at Bradley Avenue and Mattis Avenue will be directed to the east and south only.
- Duncan Road entrance. All traffic will be directed to the south and west. Both lanes will be open to south bound traffic north of Bradley and traffic in the right lane will be required to turn right.
- Mattis Avenue will be closed to north bound traffic between Bradley Avenue and Parkland Way (Mattis Avenue entrance). This will allow for pedestrian crossing.
- All vehicles exiting from Clayton Blvd and Edward Hoffman Dr at their intersections with Duncan Road will be directed south.
- Officers will be directing traffic at each of these intersections immediately following the event and until the majority of the traffic has cleared the area. Additional officers will be assigned to outlining intersections.
- Pedestrians exiting at the main entrance to the college will cross on the west and south sides of the intersection.
An event map that outlines the traffic pattern and plan for this event is attached to this press release and is also available at our website www.july4th.net.
Park at Kaufman Lake and walk north on the bicycle path that goes under the interstate. Find a spot along the pond, with room to spread out and relax and enjoy yourself. When it's all over, walk back. You'll be out of there in ten minutes.
Whose bright idea was it to move this out to Parkland anyway?
By bright idea do you mean you really like it? or are you employing some really simple and overused sarcasm to indicate you don't like it? I think, if you have been around here for any length of time, you might recall that the stadium renovation made it hard for the UI to allow the fireworks to be held on UI property for a few years, and even though they could allow the event back there, it is really a better event at Parkland. What is it that you like/don't like about the whole thing? At Parkland there is plenty of room to spread out, a lot of parking and other than some inconvenient traffic flow right before and after the event, it runs pretty darn smoothly. I guess if you live over there and you don't like/care or actively oppose the event, then it is irritating for a few hours once a year.
I liked it better when I could walk to the fireworks. They seem so out of the way now, you need a car, and thus tons of traffic.
I liked it better when I could walk to the fireworks. They seem so out of the way now, you need a car, and thus tons of traffic.
See, now I can walk to the fireworks, whereas before I had to drive.
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This last post conclusively proves that Arvid is in fact Laurel Prussing. Sad. - Anonymous on 2009-06-22 @ 9:30am
We are fortunate Parkland and the City of Champaign came forward when the U of I was unable to continue hosting the fireworks. If I were in town, I would be biking to this event. Happy 4th of July Everyone!!!
See, now I can walk to the fireworks, whereas before I had to drive.
That's a long walk from Urbana, Laurel!