CARMI – Carmi Police say Saturday night’s fireworks display will affect traffic but the pattern will essentially be the same as in years past.
Set traffic patterns will go into effect at 9 p.m. That includes closing southbound traffic on Oak Street to Fairground Road and closing northbound traffic from Main at Fairgrounds Road. All entrances to the fairgrounds will be blocked off. No vehicles or pedestrians will be allowed inside the fairgrounds during the firework display. Anyone or any vehicles located inside will be asked to leave by Carmi Police or Carmi Fire personnel prior to the start of the fireworks. Vehicles will still be allowed to park around the outside fencing of the fairgrounds as in years past.
Following the fireworks display, all traffic exiting onto Fairground Road will be turned north and south on Fairground Road.
All traffic exiting from Fairground Road onto Oak Street will be turned eastbound only. Traffic from Oak Street will not be allowed to turn south onto Fairground Road during this time.
Traffic from April Avenue at Main Street will be allowed to turn east onto Main Street only.
Traffic on Main Street will not be allowed to enter Fairground Road during this time. Southbound traffic from Fairground Road will be allowed to turn west on Main Street only.
Any vehicles parked in the grassy area along Main Street will be directed to join the westbound flow of traffic on Main Street.
The traffic signals at Main and Fairgrounds will be set to flash red just prior to the end of the display and all rules that would apply to stop signs will be applicable.
Motorists are reminded to watch for and obey all directions from Carmi Police officers, White County Sheriff’s deputies, and local Carmi Fire units. Although this may sound confusing, it’s a pattern that has worked well for the past several years. This traffic routing system is in place to enable the safest and quickest exiting of traffic from the event area.
