This year’s Hornsea Carnival Parade will take place at 12.30pm on Saturday 18th July.
Organisers have confirmed that road closures will be in operation between 12noon and 3pm with closures removed when it is safe to do so once the parade has passed.
The parade route is unchanged from last year: Atwick Road from the entrance to Hornsea School & Language College proceeding south on to Mill Lane, Market Place, Newbegin, New Road, Marine Drive, Eastgate, Cliff Road dispersing into Hall Garth Park.
The necessary statutory notices of the road closures provided by East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be published on the relevant streets at least a week before the event.
On the day of the event, starting at 12noon, traffic management (TM) personnel will progressively close all side roads and car park access points with ‘Road Closed’ signs and cones. There are 29 access points on to the closed roads of the parade route.
This procedure will start at the Atwick Road entrance to Hornsea School and Language College and progress along the parade route until all access points onto the parade route are closed.
At this stage Westgate and Southgate will remain open to allow North / South through traffic to flow through the town for as long as possible.
At 12.30 TM personnel will close Atwick Road to southbound traffic and the parade will leave the school grounds and proceed south along Atwick Road led by the Hornsea Carnival member lead vehicle displaying amber flashing lights.
Also at 12.30 TM personnel will close Westgate and Southgate to through traffic while allowing traffic on the closed roads to exit the closure area.
Arrangements will be in place for lead and tail vehicles. Marshals cars with amber flashing light and signs as appropriate will lead and tail the Parade.
Marshals and lead car will move ahead of the parade ensuring any road users which have strayed on to the parade route past the Road Closed signage and cones have advanced warning that a parade is taking place and will be required to stop at the side of the road until the whole parade has passed and they can safely proceed.
When all of the parade has passed through the Market Place and the parade tail vehicle has entered Newbegin, Roadway personnel will close Newbegin at its junction with Southgate and Market Place.
Once Newbegin has been closed at that point, TM Personnel will open Westgate and South gate and remove signs and cones thereby allowing North South through traffic to flow through the town.
Newbegin will remain closed until the parade tail has passed back into market place on its way back to the school.
TM personnel will follow the parade opening the closed side roads and car parks as it becomes safe to do so, except on Newbegin where side roads must remain closed until the parade tail has passed on the return leg.
Cliff Road at its junction with Newbegin / New Road will remain closed until the front of the parade and the lead vehicle has reached that point.
Once the whole of the parade has entered Cinema Street and is dispersing into Hall Garth Park any remaining closed side roads or car parks will be re-opened.
On Completion, all traffic management equipment will be collected and removed. All statutory notices as referred to above will be removed and disposed of appropriately.
All participating parade groups will be instructed to allow undelayed access for emergence services vehicles displaying flashing blue lights and sirens by moving quickly to the side of the road to allow access. Marshalls will be instructed to assist and control this and will be in communication by SW radios.
