Traffic restrictions for Freedom of the City parade

There will be some traffic restrictions as part of the policing and security operation for Saturday's Freedom of the City parade by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

The full details from the Royal Gibraltar Police are below:

PARKING RESTRICTIONS (from 7am Saturday 11th October until further notice)

• Corral Road / Market Place – Parking areas for motorcycles and public service vehicles, including the bus terminus and bicycle/PLET racks, as directed by signage.

• Waterport Road – Parking bays opposite Ramsons Supermarket, as this area will be the designated temporary bus terminal relocated from Market Place.

• John Mackintosh Square – Loading/unloading bays as well as bicycle/PLET racks.

• Cathedral Square – Taxi rank will be relocated to Line Wall Road opposite the Bristol Hotel pool/garden area.

• Line Wall Road – Loading/unloading bay adjacent to Bristol Hotel pool/garden area.

• Town Range – Loading/unloading bay outside St Mary’s Lower Primary School.

• Main Street (South) – parking spaces between Southport Gates and the Convent, including Convent Ramp and King’s Yard Lane, inclusive of bicycle/PLET racks.

• Trafalgar Cemetery – Taxi rank will be relocated to Trafalgar Hill by entrance to Trafalgar House, inclusive of bicycle/PLET racks.

ROAD CLOSURES (8am Saturday 11th October until further notice)

• Corral Road – Access to this road will be closed at its junction with Waterport Roundabout and the area below Smith Dorrien Bridge. Residents of Ocean Heights/city centre will be able to access Fish Market Road via Waterport Roundabout / Market Place by way of controlled entry / exit passage.

• Corral Road will only be accessible from Winston Churchill Avenue and Smith Dorrien Avenue, in order to provide access into Landport Ditch car park.

• Trafalgar Interchange/Southport Gates, Convent Place, King’s Yard Lane, Convent Ramp and Cathedral Square – closed from 11am with diversions in place until approximately 12:45pm.

• Cooperage Lane – Vehicular access to Crutchett’s Ramp by authorised permit holders will be temporarily restricted during the period between 11.30am-12.30pm.

• John Mackintosh Square – Brief closure between 11.50am and 12.15pm.

TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS

The following temporary diversions will be implemented as the parade proceeds through the city centre:

• Access to the Upper Town district will only be possible via Prince Edward’s Road.

• Vehicles exiting the Upper town / Nature Reserve area will be diverted south along Flat Bastion Road and into Europa Road.

• Vehicles travelling south along Town Range will be diverted towards Hargraves Parade and Prince Edwards Road, in order to facilitate egress via Flat Bastion Road.

• The Gibraltar Bus Service into Main Street / Line Wall Road Route will be diverted into Queensway.

(Photo from 2019's Freedom of the City parade by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment)