Public Service Announcement

Temporary Road Closures – Cole Harbour Harvest Festival Parade

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 (Halifax, NS) – The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that there will be temporary road closures and minor traffic delays midday on Saturday, Sept. 6, as the Cole Harbour Harvest Festival parade makes its way through the community.

The parade begins at 10 a.m. and will travel west on Colby Drive, north on Cumberland Drive, north on Forest Hills Drive past Cole Harbour Place and east onto Auburn Drive, where the floats and participants will disperse. The event is expected to be done by about noon.

The affected streets will be temporarily closed to traffic and will gradually reopen as the parade moves through the route. There will be RCMP escorts on site to accompany the parade participants and assist with traffic.

For more information on the 7th annual Cole Harbour Harvest Festival, please visit http://www.coleharbour.org/.

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Media Contacts:

Jim Nicoll
Cole Harbour Harvest Festival Society
902-497-7425
Jim.nicholl@ns.sympatico.ca

Jennifer Stairs
Halifax Regional Municipality
Public Affairs
902-476-5975
stewarj@halifax.ca