PSA: HRM Services for Concert on the Common

HRM Release:

(Thursday, July 22, 2010) With the first 2010 Concert on the Common set
for this Saturday (July 24) featuring The Black Eyed Peas and Weezer,
HRM would like to advise residents and concert-goers of site access and
transit services throughout the event.

Concert set up is almost complete.  Public safety is a primary concern,
so there are sidewalk closures on North Park, between Cornwallis and
Cogswell, as well as the sidewalk on Cogswell Street, running alongside
the south side of the Common from North Park to the Central Common
crosswalk.

To ease this inconvenience to pedestrians, HRM and Power Promotions
have worked to ensure the sidewalk on North Park beside the Common will
reopen during the week between the two summer Common concerts – July 27
to the morning of August 3.  This allows a break for pedestrians but
ensures that safety measures around set-up traffic will continue to be
in place when necessary.  The sidewalk section closure on the Cogswell
side of the Common will remain closed through to and including August 10
because of safety concerns regarding the concert wiring through to and
around the power box in that area.

To help ease traffic to and from the area before and during the
concert, Metro Transit will extend Saturday service on the Alderney
Ferry to accommodate concert-goers as follows: 6:30 am – 12:45 am*
(every 30 minutes)  Service frequency will be adjusted as needed to meet
passenger demand.

Metro Transit will have extra buses on standby to accommodate concert
goers on regular conventional bus routes near the Halifax Common.  Bus
Routes in proximity to Halifax Common include:
6 Quinpool        7 Robie         18 Universities        80 Sackville

For detailed route maps and schedules, refer to a Riders’ Guide,
contact the Call Centre at 490-4000 or visit
www.halifax.ca/metrotransit.

The Country Rockfest 2010 follows quickly on the heels of this
weekend’s concert on August 6 and 7.  For more information relating
to these major events on the Halifax Common for 2010 go to:
www.halifax.ca/EventsOnTheCommon/.

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