Restrictions in place on Beach Road ahead of New Year events

Screening to be done at all entry points

Vehicles will not be allowed to enter the Boulevard area from 2 p.m. on December 31 to 3 p.m. on January 1 to provide hassle-free New Year celebrations on Beach Road. All roads towards east from Ambour Salai will be closed temporarily.

“The residents of Beach Road will be issued with vehicle passes. Residents in the White Town area should use the junctions of S.V. Patel Salai and Francois Mortine Street, Rue Dupuy Street and Gingee Salai, J. N Street and Ginjee Salai, Bussy Street and Gingee Salai, Suffren Street and Subbaiah Salai,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Rahul Alwal, said in a release.

Residents and tourists will have to park their vehicles at temporary parking lots made available at the New Port, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School (Primary Section), Old Jail Complex and Bharathidasan Government College for Women. Twenty buses, each escorted by a police constable, will take people from the parking lots to Beach Road. Two-wheelers can be parked on the northern side of all roads between Ambour Salai and Mission Street, the release said.