Ironman is Coming to Town!

On Thursday June 21^st, between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., street crews will begin to prepare for the Regence Ironman triathlon.  Barricades will be set in place as will the detour route for the closure of Sherman Avenue between 2^nd Avenue and Independence Point. Please consider these points when visiting the downtown area this week:

1. Southbound traffic traveling into the downtown area will be detoured onto Lakeside Avenue to 2^nd, 3^rd, or 5^th streets to reach Sherman Avenue.
2. Resort traffic should use 1^st Street.
3. Westbound traffic will be detoured southbound onto 2^nd Street and Front Avenue. These vehicles will loop around onto 4^th Street and exit the downtown on Lakeside or north on 4^th Street.  2^nd Street at Sherman will be closed to northbound traffic. This area has been very congested in the past and being an ITD bypass route, the city has always chosen to close traffic northbound and to leave it open to just southbound traffic.  
4. Bleachers will be staged on Sherman at 5:00 p.m. on June 21^st and will stay in place until the afternoon of June 27^th.
5. The Independence Point parking lot will be closed early Wednesday as they set up medical tents and Ironman stores.
6. At the time of the closure, the signals at 2^nd and Sherman will be put in the red flash mode, and the signal at Lakeside and Independence Point will be shut off to keep traffic flowing.

Other Closures
The 3^rd Street boat-trailer parking area will be closed early Wednesday morning, June 20^th and re-opened Wednesday, June 27^th.  Alternate boat-trailer parking is available in the main lot or south of City Hall during this closure.
 
Mullan Avenue, from 17^th to 23^rd streets, will be “NO PARKING” on the north side on Saturday, June 23^rd, and entirely closed to traffic on race day, Sunday, June 24^th. 

For more information, please call 769-2233.