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St. Charles Police Post Parking Restrictions for 4th Celebration

Vehicles parked in those restricted areas will be ticketed and towed.

A large number of residents and visitors are expected to attend Wednesday's Independence Day celebration at Pottawatomie Park and St. Charles police are responding with parking restrictions for several city streets.

The following streets are among those with added restrictions:

  • North 2nd Avenue from Iroquois Avenue to Main Street
  • North 3rd Avenue from Johnor to Main Street
  • Iroquois, Bent, Fulton, Park, Chestnut, State, Cedar, and N. 4th Avenues in the areas surrounding the park.

Vehicles parked in designated no parking zones will be ticketed and towed, St. Charles police said.

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St. Charles Police and EMA personnel will be posted at key intersections on 5th Avenue(IL. Rt. 25) and on Main Street (IL. Rt. 64) to assist pedestrian and vehicle traffic after the fireworks. No left turn signs will be posted and in effect for southbound traffic on North 2nd and 3rd Avenues at Main Street until the exiting traffic is cleared from the park and surrounding areas. 

For safety purposes, there will be no fireworks observation allowed on the fifth level of the 1st Street parking garage.

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Police will be actively monitoring North 2nd Street (IL Rt. 31) to make sure no vehicles are parked or stopped along the highway. Violating vehicles will be ticketed and towed.

The bicycle bridge will be closed at 9 p.m., but will be accessible after the fireworks display has concluded.

Motorists should be aware that there will be heavy traffic before and after the fireworks display.  Long delays are to be expected and alternate routes of travel should be considered.

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