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Mark Burkholder March 22, 2017 No Comments

West Reading Fire Department shared West Reading Borough Police's post.

2 weeks ago

Good Morning,

Regarding the West Reading Criterium Bike Race, Saturday August 4th, 2018:

Map and information:

Course: Penn Ave and Reading Ave: From 8th Ave to Tulpehocken Ave

The start/finish line will be in the 500 Block of Penn and racing will be clock wise around the course.

NO PARKING signs will be posted on the course and along all detour roads. Expect parking to be restricted from 0600 – 10:00 or 11:00 PM on 8/4/2018

Alternative parking will open at 8:00 PM Friday August 3rd, 2018 and remain available through 10:00 AM Sunday August 5th, 2018. The race itself is a ONE day event. The parking is being made available prior to and remaining available after the race for the convenience of residents. ALL persons making use of the alternative parking must remove their vehicles from the location they parked by 10:00 SUNDAY AUGUST 5th, 2018. Vehicles left at those locations after that time will be subject to citation and removal at the owners expense.

ALTERNATIVE PARKING LOCATIONS:

Tower Health Reading Hospital – 7th Avenue Garage – Located at 7th and Spruce Street, across from the Doctor’s Office Building.

Candlewood Suites – Located at 3rd and Penn Ave – Persons using this lot MUST check in at the front desk and inform the persons working their vehicle is on the lot.

VF Outlet Complex – 8th and Reading Ave – Residents may park in the event parking locations shaded in light blue on the posted race map.

COURSE/DETOUR Info:

Penn Ave will be closed to all traffic from 4th Ave to 8th Ave
Reading Ave will be closed to all traffic from the circle at Tulpehocken Ave to 8th Ave

Vehicle traffic from the EAST (Penn St Bridge) will be detoured at 4th Ave, and will be forced to turn North (toward Reading Ave) or South (toward the Hospital)

Northside Detour: N 4th to Reading Ave – From Reading Ave vehicle traffic can access Buttonwood Street to the City of Reading, or follow the detour to the VF complex to Park for the event, or to exit the Detour at 8th and Reading, or to exit at Park Road

Southside Detour: S 4th Ave to Franklin Street – From Franklin vehicles can access the South Side of the Borough, including the Hospital, or travel west on Franklin to Park Road and continue through Wyomissing.

There will be traffic control along each detour route.

Persons who reside inside of the course:

Reading Ave, Court Street, Berkshire Terrace, N 6th, 7th and 8th: If you get caught inside the race course after the streets close to traffic, you will be able to exit the course via N 7th Ave to the VF complex. Once you leave the course, your vehicle will not be permitted back inside the course, if/when you return, until the streets reopen to traffic. There will be an Officer posted in the area of 7th and Reading to control vehicle access to the course during the closure.

*Berkshire Terrace residents who park in the lot along Reading Ave: You will be able to exit the lot during the closure onto Reading Ave, then west to N 7th Ave and into the VF complex. The lot will have a single point of access to Reading Ave during the closure. Vehicles who leave the course will not be permitted back until the streets re-open to traffic.

IMPORTANT TIMES:

6:00 AM – NO Parking locations along course and detour route will be cleared of vehicles – If you live along the course or detour route – PLEASE check for NO PARKING signs (Signs will be posted Thursday afternoon)

7:00 AM – Race Course closes to all vehicle traffic for course set up – Detour opens

12:00 PM – Racing events begin

8:00 – 8:30 PM – Racing events end

10:00 – 10:30 PM – All streets re-open to normal traffic

Please check back for updates or call 610-373-0111.

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This is one of the dumbest ideas I’ve heard

There is something very wrong with the way we think about the infrastructure (of Berks County, at least). Where you have residences already established instead of closing roads and tearing down bridges, there should be repairs made and new construction. Once an area is developed and people are living there, roads and other services are expected and needed.

Yay got my rope swing ready

You can clear that on the bike

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