Road Closures for the Lunar New Year parade on Sunday

If you are driving around Vancouver on Sunday, you can expect several road closures in affect for the annual Lunar New Year Parade until 4 p.m.

The parade, starting at 11 a.m. in Chinatown at the Millennium Gate, is set to proceed east along Pender Street and ending at West Keefer and Abbott Street.

To accomodate the parade, road closures will be in affect in the following streets:

Main Street
Pender Street (East and West)
Beatty Street
Abbott Street
Taylor Street
Shanghai Alley
Columbia Street
Quebec Street
Carrall Street
Keefer Street and Keefer Place
East Georgia Street
Gore Avenue
Other Alleys in the parade area will be closed, including access to private parkades.

As well, there are some closures for a half marathon, with Drake street closed at Pacific Boulevard to Marinaside until 12:30 p.m. and near Granville street, Pacific Boulevard to Beach Avenue will be closed until 12 p.m.

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