4th of July Traffic Alert

The City of Utica is hosting a 4th of July Parade this Thursday, July 4th, 2019. The parade will affect all emergency traffic around St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. The parade starts in front of Our Lady of Lourdes on Genesee Street and ends at the Rec Center on the Parkway. Therefore Genesee Street to the Parkway and the Parkway to the Rec Center will not be accessible from 10am until 1pm. Also, access to St Elizabeth’s can only be made off of Ballantyne Brae (which can be accessed from Oneida Street) during the same time frame. There will be also be a UPD Officer stationed at Amy and Genesee Street in case of extreme emergency to allow for access from Amy, across Genesee, to Ballantyne Brae.