Road closures set for Saturday’s Pride Parade

LIHU ‘E – The Kaua‘i Pride Parade, an annual event held by the YWCA and supported by the Rice Street Business Association, is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m.

To accommodate the event, the Kaua‘i Police Department will close streets along the parade route from 8 to 11 a.m.:

• Rice Street at the Kapule Highway intersection;

• Rice Street from Ho‘olako Street to Haleko Road;

• ‘Umi Street.

The westbound lane of Rice Street will remain open during the event, but traffic will be slow-going.

Rice Street will be completely closed from 8 to 9 a.m. to set up the floats, and from 10:30 to 11 a.m. to allow spectators to leave and to provide time for floats to be broken down.

There will be stationary floats on the south side of Rice Street and in some private businesses’ parking lots during the event. There will still be access to businesses along Rice Street.

The Kaua‘i Bus will not be servicing any of the bus stops on Rice Street between 8 and 11 a.m.

Officers will be manning the closures and will keep the roads closed until completion of the parade.

Motorists should allow additional time to get to their destinations as traffic delays are expected.

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The Garden Island