Members of the public are being advised that police personnel will be placed at strategic locations in the Corporate Area to ensure free movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic during the staging of this year's Jamaica and Bacchanal Carnival street parades to be held tomorrow.
The public is being advised that during the movement of the parades, no distribution of souvenirs and other gratis items will be allowed as such action could compromise the safety of the public.
No motorcyclists, pedal cyclists or handcarts will be allowed in the parades. The police are advising motorists to utilise designated parking areas, as failure to comply could result in motor vehicles being towed away. These vehicles will be taken to the Police Traffic Headquarters, 16 Lower Elletson Road, for safe keeping. Children who are separated from their guardians and are found by the police will be taken to the following police stations: Matilda's Corner, Half-Way Tree, Stadium and New Kingston.
Routes and time:
Bacchanal Carnival Parade
The parade will start at Mona High School, Mona Road, at 10 a.m., then move on to Wellington Drive, Munroe Road, Old Hope Road, Hope Road, Lady Musgrave Road, Trafalgar Road, Waterloo Road, West Kings House Road, Constant Spring Road, Suthermere Road, Parish Place, Hope Road, Trafalgar Road, Knutsford Boulevard, Oxford Road, to Mas Camp, where the parade ends.
Jamaica Carnival Parade
Starting point is the Liguanea Preparatory School to East Kings House Road at 12:10 p.m. before moving on to Hope Road, Waterloo Road, West Kings House Road, Constant Spring Road, Half-Way Tree Road, Oxford Road, Tom Redcam Avenue, Arthur Wint Drive to National Stadium car park, where the parade ends.
