Twelfth plans in Belfast
IN Belfast, the main parade will assemble from 9.45am at Carlisle Circus and the procession will commence at 10am and will follow the route of Carlisle Circus, Clifton Street, Donegall Street, Royal Avenue, Donegall Place, Donegall Square North, (with a short service at the Cenotaph, within the grounds of the City Hall) Donegall Square West, Bedford Street, Dublin Road, Shaftesbury Square, Bradbury Place, Lisburn Road, Balmoral Avenue, Malone Road, Barnetts Demesne.
Shops will open for a few hours in the city centre from 12.30 to 4.30pm. There shouldn’t be any traffic disruptions during those hours.
The return parade will commence at 4.15pm and return to Carlisle Circus via Barnetts Demesne, Malone Road, Balmoral Avenue, Lisburn Road, Bradbury Place, Shafts-bury Square, Dublin Road, Bedford Street, Donegall Square West, Donegall Square North, Donegall Place, Royal Avenue, Donegall Street, Clifton Street, Carlisle Circus.
Subsidiary district parades will join the main parade and will leave the Sandy Row, Templemore Avenue and Ballynafeigh areas between 8.30am and 9.30am.
On the return parade, the districts will break off from the main parade and return to their areas. Disruptions are expected between 8am and 9am, especially on the Crumlin Road, Shankill Road, Woodvale Road, York Road and York Street; and between 9.45am and 10.15am, disruptions are possible on the Springfield Road between West Circular Road and Lanark Way.
In the evening, between 6pm and 8pm, motorists are advised to avoid the Shankill, Crumlin and York Road due to return parades.
For all feeder parades, police will attempt to keep traffic disruption to a minimum and will avoid closing roads where possible.
For the main parade, all road closures/diversions will be lifted as soon as possible as the tail of the parade moves through the city.
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Saturday 11 February 2012
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