If you plan to attend or travel near the area for the Joplin Independence Day Celebration at the Joplin Athletic Complex, below is some information that you may find helpful:
- There will be plenty of parking inside the athletic complex.
- You may enter the athletic complex up until 9:45pm on Tuesday, July 4th. You may enter from 1st Street or from Tri-State Road. After 9:45, officers will began setting up the egress traffic plan and some roads will be closed.
- Street side parking will not be permitted on 1st Street, Tri-State Road, Cleveland or B Street. Vehicles parked in “no parking zones” will be towed immediately, to provide a safe area for people walking.
- We have added another exit from the sports complex this year to speed up the process. One exit will be via the main entrance, through the round-a-bout and south on Tri-State Road to 7th Street (MO 66 Highway). Tri-State will change to one way southbound at 10pm to allow the left lane to turn left on 7th toward Schifferdecker and the right lane to turn right on 7th toward Kansas. The other exit will be a gravel road on the north side of the complex. Vehicles will be directed east on B Street and will turn north on Schifferdecker. We understand that not all drivers will want to turn north, but we are doing this to speed up the process. We recommend that you take Perkins to Maiden Lane to go south if you need to from this location, and avoid the 7th and Schifferdecker intersection.
- Several officials will be directing traffic inside the athletic complex. Please be alert and watch for them. They will point you in the direction that will get you out of the park the fastest.
- Northbound Schifferdecker traffic will be diverted east only on 7th Street starting at 9:50. We suggest drivers use Main Street or Central City Road to get north and south during this time.
- Traffic delays will likely occur in this area. Priority will be given to vehicles leaving the event.
- We would like to remind drivers that several intersections will be blocked with cones. Moving or going around cones will be addressed with zero tolerance. These traffic control tools are in place to make the event safe for everyone.
- No alcohol or personal fireworks will be permitted inside the athletic complex or park.
- It is not optimal to see the fireworks from Schifferdecker Park due to the hills and trees. We urge everyone to view them from the athletic complex. When the event is over, traffic leaving Schifferdecker Park may be congested inside the park and will not be a priority to clear until the athletic complex parking is empty.
- We hope that by adding a second exit, that traffic clears quickly. This can only be done with the cooperation from everyone. Again, we understand that the egress plan to large events sometimes sends drivers in a direction other than desired, but it is necessary to keep traffic moving. Please use caution in this area. There will be a large number of pedestrian, children and vehicles in this area.
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