Police Offer Detour Routes for St. Charles Christmas Parade

Traffic will be detoured for the St. Charles Holiday Homecoming later this month.

are urging people to be extra careful around the parade route. Drivers are advised to find other routes around the parade in order to avoid possible heavy traffic.

The parade starts its march at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 26 at Sixth Street, traveling east to Fourth Avenue.

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Traffic from Main Street and Second Street will be detoured to Seventh Street by way of Illinois and State streets. The detour begins at 5:15 p.m. Parking also will be banned along this route and on Main Street from 3 to 7 p.m.

Additional parking bans will take place in the parade staging area:

• Walnut Street from Fourth to Seventh streets;
• Fourth Street from Illinois to Main streets;
• Fifth Street from Walnut to Illinois streets; 
• and Sixth Street from Cedar to Illinois streets.