Downtown
Expect heavy traffic this week as high school graduation ceremonies take place at Siegel Center
Avoid the area around the Seigel Center if you’re in a hurry.
School is almost out of the summer. With the end of the school year comes graduation, which means the Siegel Center and the surrounding streets will crowded with happy graduates and family. The downside is that traffic will be a little crazy for most of this week.
Details from VCU Police:
VCU Police, the Richmond Police Department and the Virginia State Police will have additional staffing to direct traffic at more than a dozen intersections, including those near Exit No. 76B (Belvidere Street) off Interstate 95 and along Belvidere and Broad streets west to Hermitage Road. Digital signage in the area will encourage local drivers to take alternate routes during peak travel times.
In addition, police will use traditional parking lanes along Broad Street, between Belvidere and Hermitage Road, as vehicular travel lanes from 6 a.m. on June 6 through midnight on June 17. No parking signs and towing enforcement will go into effect the morning of June 6.
Police will make accommodations for local businesses in the Broad Street corridor that need deliveries outside peak travel times for graduations. (Business owners and managers needing accommodations from police can contact VCU Police Officer Gregory Felton at GFelton@vcu.edu.)
Tuesday, June 6
3 p.m., St. Gertrude
Wednesday, June 7
10 a.m., Thomas Dale (Chesterfield)
2:30 p.m., Midlothian (Chesterfield)
7 p.m., James River (Chesterfield)
Thursday, June 8
10 a.m., Monacan (Chesterfield)
2:30 p.m., Cosby (Chesterfield)
7 p.m., Manchester (Chesterfield)
Friday, June 9
10 a.m., Meadowbrook (Chesterfield)
2:30 p.m., LC Bird (Chesterfield)
7 p.m., Clover Hill (Chesterfield)
Saturday, June 10
10 a.m., ECPI
Tuesday, June 13
11 a.m., Godwin (Henrico)
3 p.m., Deep Run (Henrico)
7 p.m., Freeman (Henrico)
Wednesday, June 14
11 a.m., Glen Allen (Henrico)
3 p.m., Hermitage (Henrico)
7 p.m., Tucker (Henrico)
Thursday, June 15
11 a.m., Highland Springs (Henrico)
3 p.m., Varina (Henrico)
7 p.m., Henrico (Henrico)
Friday, June 16
7 p.m., New Kent (New Kent)
Saturday, June 17
8:30 a.m., Lee Davis (Hanover)
Noon, Hanover (Hanover)
3:30 p.m., Patrick Henry (Hanover)
7 p.m., Atlee (Hanover)
