Everything you need to know about parades, fireworks and more on the 4th of July in Idaho Falls

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from nan metropolis of Idaho Falls.

With nan yearly Independence Day festivities conscionable days away, nan Idaho Falls Police Department and partner agencies are sharing postulation closures, information, and information tips to thief nan nationalist to beryllium safe and prepared for nan yearly 4th of July events that return spot successful Idaho Falls.

More than 200,000 organization members and visitors will observe our nation’s independency during various events, including nan Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce Liberty connected Parade, Riverbend’s Riverfest, and nan Melaleuca Freedom Celebration. The City of Idaho Falls unit is proud to assistance nan entities that big these events connected Independence Day.

Anyone attending these events, arsenic good arsenic residents of Idaho Falls and nan surrounding areas, is encouraged to scheme up for nan impacts of these events to guarantee a safe and enjoyable Independence Day.

GENERAL

Call 9-1-1 successful nan arena of an emergency. Please support 9-1-1 lines clear for existent emergencies. To interaction nationalist information for non-emergent issues telephone (208) 529-1200. If you are attending nan parade, Riverfest, aliases nan Freedom Celebration and, owed to congestion astir nan events, you are not capable to successfully place/receive telephone calls aliases matter messages, spell to nan IFPD station astatine nan events (see below) aliases emblem down 1 of nan Idaho Falls Police Officers aliases Idaho Falls Fire & EMS unit roving done nan events.

Report immoderate criminal activity. Every Idaho Falls Police Department officer, Animal Control Officer, Emergency Communications Officer and galore different IFPD unit will beryllium moving connected nan 4th of July. We convey nan nationalist for their patience arsenic officers reside calls for work arsenic quickly arsenic possible, arsenic good arsenic different information and criminal concerns passim nan day.

LIBERTY ON PARADE

The yearly 4th of July parade, Liberty connected Parade hosted by nan Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, originates astatine 9 a.m. connected Thursday, July 4. The parade way originates adjacent Idaho Falls High School astatine nan intersection of 4th Street and South Holmes Avenue, travels West connected 4th Street, turns South connected South Boulevard, and concludes astatine nan intersection of South Boulevard and Rogers Street.

Idaho Falls Police Officers will beryllium roving on nan parade way and successful nan surrounding area connected motorcycle and connected foot. A parented station of IFPD Officers will beryllium located astatine 10th Street and South Boulevard adjacent Common Cents. Look for nan bluish Idaho Falls Police canopy.

Pedestrian ft postulation and group lining nan parade way originates hours earlier nan commencement of nan parade. Residents and anyone walking wrong astatine slightest a mile of nan parade way should expect to brushwood congested traffic, crowds, and pedestrians. Motorists are asked to debar nan area if they are not attending nan parade and to different usage be aware successful nan area.

Parking on nan parade way is not permitted aft 5:00 a.m. connected July 4th until aft nan conclusion of nan parade. Anyone who leaves a conveyance parked on nan parade route, aliases successful nan parade staging area astir Idaho Falls High School, aft 5:00 a.m. for immoderate magnitude of clip risks being cited and/or having nan conveyance towed.

The pursuing roadworthy closures related to nan parade will beryllium successful effect astatine nan indicated times connected July 4th until nan conclusion of nan parade.

6:00 a.m.

John Adams Parkway, including nan branches that link to 4th Street and 5th Street, from Tiger Ave to S Holmes Ave.

8:00 a.m.

South Boulevard from N Water Ave to W Sunnyside Road.

9:00 a.m. and later.

­­The intersection of South Holmes Ave and 4th Street will adjacent astatine nan commencement of nan parade. South Holmes Ave will reopen aft nan parade has passed.

The intersection of South Holmes and East 17th Street will adjacent erstwhile nan parade reaches 10th thoroughfare and will stay closed until nan parade has passed.

RIVERFEST & FREEDOM CELEBRATION

The yearly Riverfest and Melaleuca Freedom Celebration events return spot astatine Snake River Landing. For afloat specifications from nan arena organizers regarding nan schedule of events, parking information, etc. sojourn their respective websites.

Riverfest: https://riverfestidaho.com/

Melaleuca Freedom Celebration: https://www.freedomcelebration.com/

Crowds statesman gathering astatine Snake River Landing successful nan early day and proceed to turn passim nan evening. Event organizers estimate that complete 200,000 group stitchery successful and astir Snake River Landing to watch nan fireworks show each year.

Due to nan ample number of group successful nan area, compartment telephone work astatine Snake River Landing becomes unreliable successful nan early to precocious evening and continues until aft nan mostly of attendees person dispersed aft nan fireworks. Attendees should scheme to beryllium incapable to nonstop matter messages aliases spot telephone calls during this clip period. It is wise to talk information plans pinch children and adults successful your group, including kid safety, wherever you will meet if you are separated, and wherever to activity emergency assistance astatine nan arena if you cannot spot a telephone to 911.

Idaho Falls Police Officers will beryllium roving done Snake River Landing connected motorcycle and connected ft passim nan event. A parented station of IFPD Officers will beryllium located astatine nan Northeast area of Snake River Parkway and Event Center Drive starting successful nan early day for Riverfest and nan Melaleuca Freedom Celebration. Look for nan bluish Idaho Falls Police canopy.

As a reminder to attendees, Snake River Landing is backstage spot and nan venue is being made disposable for nan public. Attendees are encouraged to beryllium respectful of backstage property, and to beryllium cooperative pinch each Snake River Landing staff, backstage information and City of Idaho Falls unit moving to guarantee an enjoyable and safe celebration. Anyone recovered not complying pinch rules aliases laws whitethorn beryllium asked to leave. For nan information of each attendees and to limit imaginable disruption to nan fireworks display, nan pursuing rules are successful effect during nan event:

NO PERSONAL FIREWORKS: Due to nan location of nan fireworks motorboat tract and Riverfest, nan highly congested and grassy areas astir Snake River Landing, and for nan information of persons attending nan event, nan Fire Marshal has restricted immoderate and each individual fireworks, including sparklers, from Lochsa Drive, southbound to Sunnyside Drive, and from nan Capital Avenue River Walk westbound to nan Porter Canal.

NO DRONES: Community members are asked not to alert drones astatine immoderate of nan Independence Day festivities, and are reminded that flying drones successful nan airspace astir Snake River Landing connected nan 4th of July is prohibited owed to helicopters already successful nan airspace. Flying individual drones creates unsafe situations for helicopters that person reserved nan airspace pinch nan FAA, and besides for first responder usage of drones successful emergency situations.

NO ALCOHOL: Event organizers and spot owners person prohibited each intoxicant astatine Snake River Landing.

NO ATV’s: No backstage ATVs, ungraded bikes, spell carts aliases different motorized vehicles will beryllium permitted astatine Snake River Landing.

WATER SAFETY: People are asked to enactment retired of nan river, canals and h2o features successful and astir Snake River Landing, including nan Snake River. The waterways whitethorn look refreshing connected a basking day, but location are galore hidden dangers and h2o levels are precocious and fast. Water features astatine Snake River Landing whitethorn incorporate additives that are unsafe for group and pets.

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC: Keep emergency conveyance lanes unfastened to let nationalist information unit to respond quickly and safely. When needed, please make safe efforts to make abstraction for nationalist information unit to get done quickly, whether connected foot, bike, aliases successful a vehicle.

PARKING INFORMATION

Those attending nan Melaleuca Freedom Celebration should scheme to get early and should not expect to entree Snake River Landing astatine nan past minute. Attendees should reappraisal nan Parking & Exiting Map provided by arena organizers for recommended parking areas based connected your destination pursuing nan fireworks. Event organizers besides person circumstantial parking plans for handicap entree disposable connected their website. When nan fireworks conclude, postulation from each parking batch will travel successful a pre-determined direction. Be judge to take a parking batch that will exit successful nan guidance you request to spell aft nan show.

Any unmarked areas are “No Parking”. Please only parkland successful nan indicated spaces aliases tons to let for emergency conveyance entree passim nan arena area. There is nary on-street parking allowed anyplace connected Snake River Pkwy, Pioneer Road, Event Center Drive, aliases Sunnyside betwixt I-15 and Yellowstone Hwy, and Yellowstone Hwy betwixt Sunnyside and Pancheri astatine immoderate clip connected nan 4th of July. Vehicles parked successful these areas consequence towing aliases citation.

Complex postulation plans person been put successful spot done partnerships pinch Snake River Landing and arena organizers, nan Idaho Transportation Department, Idaho State Police, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, City of Idaho Falls, and nan Idaho Falls Police Department.

Traffic plans person been created to maximize information and ratio arsenic group are exiting nan Snake River Landing area pursuing nan fireworks. However, fixed nan hundreds of thousands of attendees astatine this event, moreover nan astir businesslike postulation exit plans will return time. Event attendees should scheme for exiting to return up to 2 hours. Routes successful and astir Idaho Falls will beryllium restricted, and definite parking tons will let for faster exits to definite locations. Information astir parking batch designations is disposable astatine www.freedomcelebration.com.

Due to nan greatly accrued number of group successful nan city, retrieve to stay diligent successful slow-moving traffic. Drivers should slow down, attraction connected driving, debar distractions, watch for pedestrians, and bicyclists, obey each postulation laws, typical vacation parking and postulation restrictions. Community members and visitors should not move aliases thrust astir postulation power devices for immoderate reason. Doing truthful tin create vulnerable situations for yourself and others and will apt consequence successful further delays. Community members are reminded to obey directions from rule enforcement and designated postulation officials.

Motorists walking to aliases successful nan area of Snake River Landing should expect galore roadworthy closures opening Wednesday, July 3rd and continuing until early greeting connected July 5th.

South Tourist Park and Ryder Park service arsenic bid posts for emergency unit from nan Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, and nan Idaho Falls Fire Department. In bid for emergency vehicles to respond quickly successful nan arena of an emergency, South Tourist Park and Ryder Park will beryllium closed to each nationalist vehicles, boats & campers/RVs opening July 3rd astatine 11:00 a.m. South Tourist Park and nan adjacent River Walk/Greenbelt will stay unfastened for foot/bicycle traffic. The parks will reopen to vehicles boats and camping astatine noon connected July 5th.

The roadworthy closures listed beneath will spell into effect astatine nan clip shown and will reopen erstwhile postulation exiting nan Melaleuca Freedom Celebration has sufficiently cleared.

Current Closures

Milligan Road South of 901 Pier View Drive is presently closed and will stay closed until aft July 4th.

July 3 astatine 10 a.m.

Snake River Parkway from Whitewater Drive to midway betwixt Event Center Drive and Sunnyside Road.
Event Center Drive
Lochsa River Drive from Snake River Parkway to White Sand Creek Way

July 4 astatine 6 a.m.

Full roadworthy closures:

Snake River Pkwy North of Sunnyside to Pier View Drive
Snake River Pkwy betwixt Pioneer Rd and Utah Ave
Southbound Closures:

Milligan Rd.

July 4th astatine 8 p.m.

Sunnyside from Snake River Pkwy to Pioneer Rd.
July 4th astatine 9:00 p.m.

Full Closures

Interstate 15 astatine Sunnyside Rd. (Exit 116) off-ramp closures for northbound and southbound exits (on-ramps will beryllium open).
Pioneer Rd. from Pioneer Drive to Event Center Drive

Northbound closures:

Pancheri Dr. & Utah Ave.
The North conception exiting nan Utah Ave. roundabout
Southfork Blvd betwixt Sunnyside and Pioneer Drive
Pioneer Drive & Sunnyside
Pioneer Road & Sunnyside
S. Yellowstone Hwy (26) astatine 19th Street
Sunnyside and Yellowstone
19th and Rollandet Ave
21st and Rollandet Ave
Gallatin & 25th

Eastbound closures:

Pancheri Dr., East of Skyline Dr.
W. Sunnyside Rd., adjacent nan I-15 interchange

Southbound closures:

Utah Ave & Pioneer Rd
W. Broadway Street & Yellowstone Ave (Highway 26)
Pancheri Dr & S. Yellowstone Hwy (Highway 26)
Leslie Ave & 21st St
Leslie Ave & 25th St
Rollandet Ave & 17th St.
Rollandet Ave & 21st St.
Softball & Rollandet
Riverwalk & Pancheri
Riverwalk & Bridgeport

Westbound closures:

Pancheri Dr & Capital Ave.
W. Sunnyside Rd & S. Yellowstone Hwy (Highway 91 westbound)
W. Sunnyside Rd astatine Rollandet
W. Broadway Street & Memorial Drive
W. Sunnyside & McNeil Drive
W. Sunnyside connected nan Eastside of Basic American Foods (1050 W Sunnyside Road)
W. Sunnyside westbound of S Koester Road astatine nan substation

Pedestrians and bicyclists leaving Snake River Landing are asked to not transverse Sunnyside successful immoderate location different than designated crossing areas indicated by arena signage. Visibility is debased and pedestrian information is simply a important concern. Besides causing delays to postulation travel exiting nan event, location are conveyance versus pedestrian adjacent misses each twelvemonth owed to pedestrians crossing postulation successful an unsafe manner.