6/29/2010
REMINDER: Westbound off-ramp at Garrity will be closed for a short time during God and Country event
BOISE - The Idaho Center's largest event of the year takes place tomorrow night (Wednesday, June 30). More than
10,000 people are expected at the God and
Country rally, with thousands more watching the fireworks display from outside the amphitheater.
To accommodate the large number of motorists returning to the freeway and using local roads after the event concludes, the westbound I-84 off-ramp at Garrity will be closed starting at dusk that evening (about 10:15 p.m.). The closure will eliminate traffic entering Garrity from the freeway. That also will prevent the traffic signal at the interchange from impeding traffic that leaves the Idaho Center, and it will minimize northbound traffic on Idaho Center Boulevard. The off-ramp will re-open after traffic clears, which probably will be after midnight.
Click here to access a map of the
traffic plan.
Westbound and eastbound traffic on the interstate will be limited to the inside lanes between the off-ramp and the on-ramp to allow a clear path for traffic leaving the Idaho Center and entering I-84.
In
addition to these plans, the Nampa Police Department, with support from
the
Idaho State Police, will have an extensive plan in place to assist
traffic from the
Idaho Center parking lot as quickly as possible.
According
to the city of Nampa, when fireworks start, no northbound traffic will
be
allowed through the Garrity underpass at I-84. Eastbound I-84 traffic
using the
exit ramp at Garrity/Idaho Center Boulevard will only be able to turn
right
(southbound) onto Garrity. Traffic coming from the Nampa Gateway Center
will
have two options, either to go southbound on Happy Valley or north on
Garrity
to access the I-84 on-ramp to Boise.