Traffic delays from parade cause road closures in Manhattan
Road ClosureThere is heavy traffic and road closures in Manhattan due to a parade. Police are managing the situation to help alleviate congestion.
Audio|Source: NYPD Citywide 3
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Transcript:
On the air. Hello. The traffic on Fifth Avenue is extremely heavy. Also eastbound on 34th Street. Coming towards Fifth, they're only going around in a circle. I'm going to start 3, 4 and 8 allow no eastbound so we can clear everything up. I'll return to TMC[1] and advise them, copy? Yeah, but thank you. Support. So cool. So cool to TMC. TMC on here. In regards to the (name withheld) parade, due to the closure on 3-4 at 5th Avenue and Park Avenue, there's traffic coming east on 5th and 34th Street is extremely heavy. Also 5th Avenue, I'm gonna pull a closure here, no eastbound turn at 343. Since some of the traffic up 8th Avenue for them to go 42nd Street, copy? Yes, me, bye. The only corner around in that's right.
Police codes explained
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TMC: Traffic Management Center
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Location mentioned:
5th Ave & W 34th St., New York, NY 10001
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