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Town Hall
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Oxford
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October 2015 Dear city centre resident, business and colleges, Christmas Light Festival, Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November Important information on road closures and diversions for Christmas Light Festival. Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival is a long-­‐standing public event, free for the community to attend. The primary focus of the 2015 event will be on the evening of Friday 20 November and will comprise of a lantern parade involving approximately 240 children. The parade will take approximately 40 minutes, starting in Queen Street and ending in Broad Street, where a light-­‐based art piece will end the parade. On the Saturday and Sunday Broad Street will host a Christmas Market with around 50 stalls, this will take place between Turl Street and Magdalen Street East. A small number of Cultural Venues will host art installations and/or performances. Multiple cultural venues will also be holding events across the City over the course of the Friday night. To enable us to put on this event safely, a small number of road closures will be in place over that weekend which you will need to be aware of. This letter contains information regarding the road closures, parking suspensions and diversions, which will be in place in and around Broad Street and the City Centre to enable the event to take place. Please do note the road closure map on the back of this letter, which reflects the different road closures coming into effect at various times throughout the weekend. We have been working with Oxfordshire County Council and the emergency services developing plans to minimise the impact of this event on residents as much as possible. There will be a control room based near Broad Street that will be open throughout the event weekend with direct access to the event management team. Should you have any concerns about noise levels, public safety or access requirements, then please do contact us on 01865 200 780. Please treat this number as you would the City Council’s out of hours service (always call 999 in an emergency). Should you have specific questions in advance of the event then please contact the City Council’s Contact Centre on 01865 249 811 or email [email protected]. For more information about the festival please visit www.oxfordschristmas.com If you live or work within the closure areas we will be happy to facilitate deliveries before 6pm on Friday 20th as normal on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November. If you have questions on this access please email [email protected]. With best wishes, Rachel Capell Events and International Links Officer www.oxford.gov.uk
Road Closures Friday 20 November: • Broad Street closed from 15:00 to 23:00. • Broad Street from the junction with Turl Street to Magdalen Street East will remain closed until 22:00 on Sunday 22 November. • Queen Street and New Inn Hall Street will be closed from 18:15 for a maximum of 60 minutes. They will reopen as soon as the parade has cleared the area. • Cornmarket will be closed from 17:00 to 20:00. • Ship Street, Turl Street, Market Street, Brasenose Lane, Catte Street and junction with Parks Road / Holywell Street* will be closed from 18:30 to 20:00. * Traffic will be able to turn left onto Holywell from Parks Road throughout event and closures. Saturday 21 November: • Market Stalls will be built Saturday 21 November, from 06:00 to 23:00. • Broad Street will be closed from the junction with Magdalen Street East and the junction with Turl Street until 22:00 Sunday 22nd November. • Access to Turl Street will be maintained throughout this time. Road Closure times are the maximum time the road could be closed for. Wherever possible roads will be re-­‐opened at the earliest opportunity. Parking Suspensions The following roads will be affected by parking suspensions; • Broad Street -­‐ Public parking bays in middle of the road: FROM 14:59 TO 00:00 Friday 20 November • The Lantern Procession Route • The Lantern Procession will take place from 18:30 to 19:15 on Friday 20 November and will start at Bonn Square and finish in Broad Street. • The procession route is as follows; Queen Street / Cornmarket / Ship Street / Turl Street / Brasenose Lane / Radcliffe Square / Catte Street / Finishing in Broad Street Diversions • Traffic from Parks Road will be diverted via Holywell Street All residents, businesses and deliveries for Market Street and Ship Street should access via Turl Street before 18:00 on Friday 20 November where our security team will be able to assist you; there will be absolutely no access beyond the Turl Street junction with Broad Street. Buses Buses will operate as normal, however during the times of 18:00 and 19:00 on Friday 20 November, services will not have access through Queen Street. For more information on rerouted services please visit www.oxford.gov.uk/christmas and click on ‘travel info’. www.oxford.gov.uk
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