Delays expected for memorial procession
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August 8, 2013 |
There will be several significant traffic
impacts associated with the August 16 Vietnam
Memorial Wall procession through North Idaho,
the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The procession will start at 11 a.m. MST and is
expected to take up to an hour to complete.
Several hundred veterans on motorcycles and two
or three semi-trucks will receive a police
escort. The Idaho State Police, Kootenai County
Sheriff’s Department and Coeur d’Alene Police
Department will be on hand to assist with the
procession.
Law enforcement will close all approaches along
U.S. 95, from Interstate 90 to Prairie Avenue.
The procession will proceed eastbound and be
joined by officers from Kootenai County and/or
the state police at Interstate 90’s state
border, turn at Exit 12, and continue four miles
to Hayden's city park on U.S. 95, turning at
Prairie Avenue.
ITD will assist with electronic message boards
and signs to announce the closures and impacts
along the procession route. |
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