FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris McGann, Millersburg Borough Phone: (717) 692-2389 Email: [email protected] Millersburg Borough Announces Street Closures for Bike Race Millersburg, PA – July 25, 2013 – Millersburg Borough will be closing several streets and restricting parking for the 7th Annual Tour de Millersburg bicycle race Aug. 10-11. In addition to the street closures, a detour for Market Street will be in effect Saturday morning and most of the day on Sunday. The borough will be posting “no parking” signs well in advance of the event. On Saturday morning, Aug. 10, Market Street from the Square north will be closed for the Lorena Lemons Time Trials. Parking will also be restricted in the 200, 300 and 400 blocks of Market Street and around Veterans Park that morning. The time trials are a five mile course from Millersburg to Paxton and back. The Cataldo Muggio Memorial Criterium Race will be held Saturday afternoon on several borough streets. The borough will close the 400 blocks of North, Herman, Moore, Dougherty, Gilbert, and Bowman Streets. The borough will also close Race Street and Church Street between North and Bowman. No parking will be allowed on Race, Church, North and Gilbert Streets. During breaks in the race, residents will be allowed to enter and leave their homes. On Sunday, there will be no parking allowed on the 200, 300 and 400 blocks of Market Street and 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 blocks of Union Street for the road race. The road race starts at 8 a.m. on Market Street, proceeds north on Route 147, turns on to Tarry Hall Road and traverses Shippen Dam and Kessler Roads in Upper Paxton and Mifflin Townships before turning onto Route 25 and ending on Union Street in Millersburg. The racers will be protected by a “rolling enclosure” of police vehicles and motorists may encounter the pack of riders or racers who had to drop out of the pack. The Tour de Millersburg and the Borough of Millersburg urge motorists in these vicinities and other places in town to be particularly cautious and watch for bicyclists during the weekend. For additional information, contact Borough Manager Chris McGann at 717-692-2389. - 30 -
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:56:13 +0000
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