Traffic Advisory: Sunday's Making Strides Walk

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk will be held in Concord on Sunday, Oct. 19. The walk begins at 1 p.m. at Memorial Field on South Fruit Street.

In order to safely accommodate the event, the southbound lane of South Fruit Street will be closed between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Northbound traffic on South Fruit Street will be closed between 1 p.m. and approximately 1:30 p.m.; however, emergency traffic to the Concord Hospital complex will not be impacted as Langley Parkway will remain open for emergency vehicles. The westbound lane of Clinton St. between Princeton St. and Silk Farm Rd. will be closed between noon and approximately 2 p.m. Although the SB lane of Langley Parkway will be open to traffic, it is recommended that this area be avoided between noon and 2 p.m. as lengthy delays can be expected due to the closure of the WB lane of Clinton Street.

The participants will walk a 5 mile course starting southerly on South Fruit Street, traveling westerly on Clinton Street, northwesterly on Silk Farm Road, northerly on Dunbarton Road, easterly on Pleasant Street to the entrance of Pleasant View Retirement Center, through the complex, easterly to Redington Road onto S. Fruit Street and finish at Memorial Field.

All motorists are asked to drive slowly and to use caution in this area as over 6,000 participants are expected for the event.

Submitted by Bradley C. Osgood, chief of police, Concord Police Department.