For many years, the historic Barge-Chestnut neighborhood\nhas been a popular destination for Trick-or-Treaters \u2013 up to 1,000 or more show\nup each Halloween. In recent years, the\nCity of Yakima, the Yakima Police Department, and the Barge-Chestnut\nNeighborhood Association have partnered in an effort to ensure the safety of\nghouls and goblins, princesses and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Various road closures and other traffic restrictions will\nbe in place on Thursday, October 31st<\/sup> throughout the Barge-Chestnut\nneighborhood from the late afternoon through mid-evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n – Electronic reader boards will be in place to\nalert drivers that Yakima Avenue from 18th<\/sup> Avenue to 32nd<\/sup> Avenue\nwill be closed that day from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. The reader boards\nwill also direct Trick-or-Treat drivers to available parking sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – The westbound lanes of Chestnut Avenue between 18th<\/sup> Avenue and 26th<\/sup>\nAvenue will be closed\nfrom 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. People who live in the neighborhood can drive\ntheir cars into the area from Tieton Drive using 26th<\/sup> Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – “No\nParking” signs will be in place along the south side of Chestnut Avenue between 26th<\/sup> Avenue and 32nd<\/sup> Avenue. One-way, westbound traffic will be allowed\nalong that section of Chestnut and parking will be allowed along the north side\nof that section of Chestnut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n – “No\nParking” signs will be in place along the west side of 32nd<\/sup> Avenue between Chestnut Avenue and Barge Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n – “No\nParking” signs will be in place along the north side of Barge Street between 26th<\/sup> Avenue and 32nd<\/sup> Avenue. One-way, eastbound traffic will be allowed\nalong that section of Barge and parking will be allowed along the south side of\nthat section of Barge. Barge will also be closed at 26th<\/sup>\nAvenue and eastbound traffic on Barge will be rerouted north on\n26th<\/sup> toward Summitview Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – People living in the area will still be able to\naccess their homes via Tieton Drive and Summitview Avenue using Gilbert Drive,\n22nd<\/sup> Avenue, 23rd<\/sup> Avenue, 28th<\/sup> Avenue and 30th<\/sup>\nAvenue. Drivers should be prepared for\nslow moving traffic and a large number of people walking on foot through the\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n City of Yakima parking enforcement staff will be patrolling\nthe Barge-Chestnut neighborhood area during the evening of October 31st<\/sup>\nto ensure compliance with the parking restrictions that will be in place at\nthat time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact Streets and Traffic Operations Manager Joe\nRosenlund at 576-6430 for additional information about street closures and\nother traffic restrictions in the Barge-Chestnut neighborhood on October 31st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many years, the historic Barge-Chestnut neighborhood has been a popular destination for Trick-or-Treaters \u2013 up to 1,000 or more show up each Halloween. In recent years, the City of Yakima, the Yakima Police Department, and the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association have partnered in an effort to ensure the safety of ghouls and goblins, princesses and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7910,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7908\/revisions\/7910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}