(haipo) The Israel Police have completed their preparations for the Haifa Food Festival, which opens today. At the Sammy Ofer Stadium plaza and will take place between 18:00 PM and 23:00 PM.Carmel Police will be deployed in the area to maintain public safety, public order and traffic control. The police recommend that the public arrive by metro due to expected traffic congestion.
Police recommendation: arrive by metro
Due to the expected traffic congestion and extensive changes in traffic arrangements in the stadium area, the Israel Police recommends that visitors prefer to arrive by metro on line number 1.
The metro will drop off passengers at the Matam intersection, and from there, convenient walking access to the stadium will be possible via a designated path, only about 200 meters away. In this way, it will be possible to reach the event area conveniently and quickly, without the need to search for parking or enter the traffic congestion expected in the vicinity of the stadium.
Blockades and screening of vehicles on the streets near the stadium
As part of the preparations, a number of central roads in the area will be blocked and restricted:
- In the Rottenbar vintagec. Entry of vehicles will be prohibited, except for emergency vehicles and authorized vehicles.
- At Peres Square Screening points will be set up for residents of Neot Peres and event attendees with appropriate permits, with passage through the square limited to residents of the neighborhood only as needed.
- On 11th Street, athletes Vehicles will be prevented from flowing into the inner streets of the neighborhood, while maintaining an open route.
- On Wenceslas Square Vehicles will be prevented from entering the Neot Peres neighborhood, and passage will be allowed only to residents of the neighborhood.
Restrictions in the stadium parking lot and at Junction 6
- The P5 parking lot of Sammy Ofer Stadium will be defined as a sterile area for authorized persons only, and unauthorized vehicles will be prevented from entering it.
- At Junction 6, passage for event attendees and residents of Neot Peres will be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the police officers on site, and the passage there will also be restricted to residents of Neot Peres only as needed.
The Israel Police calls on the driving public to obey the instructions of the police and traffic wardens on site and to prepare in advance for the extensive changes in traffic arrangements in the area.