HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Heading to the HEB Holiday Parade downtown today? Make your parking and transportation plan in advance, and plan to get there early!
Parking is available in Tranquillity Garage, entrance #2 on Rusk St. and entrance #5 on Capitol St. Due to Hurricane Harvey, the garage does not have elevator access. Anyone with special needs or families with strollers should park in the Hobby Center parking garage, entering from Rusk St.
Brookfield Properties and SP+ Parking offer parking at Heritage Clay, 1200 Bagby St., 701 Jefferson, and Metropolitan Garage, 340 W Dallas St.
Red bagged meters mean you park on the street without a permit. Be on the lookout for street closures and emergency 'no parking' signs.
Consider using METRO - buses and light rail will be operating on a Sunday schedule.
The City of Houston posted the following street closures:
Tuesday, November 21, to Thursday, November 23, 2017
Parade staging (floats):
Brazos between Dallas and Lamar (two center lanes) at 12:00 noon
Note: East/West curb lanes will remain open
Lamar between Smith and Bagby (two south curb lanes) at 12:00 noon
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Parade staging/load-in/rehearsal:
McKinney between Bagby and Louisiana (all lanes) at 9:00 a.m.
Smith between Walker and Lamar (east and west curb lanes) at 9:00 a.m.
Brazos between Dallas and Lamar (all lanes) at 6:00 p.m.
Note: East curb lane will remain open
Walker between Louisiana and Bagby (all lanes) at 6:00 p.m.
Lamar between Louisiana and Bagby (all lanes) at 6:00 p.m.
Smith between Rusk and Lamar at 6:00 p.m. (all lanes closed) until 2:00 p.m. on 11/23
Louisiana (east curb lane) between Dallas and Lamar at 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on 11/23
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Parade staging and disbanding between 6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Allen Parkway (inbound) between Taft and Bagby Street
Bagby Street (northbound) between Dallas and McKinney
Bagby Street (southbound) between Walker and Clay
Brazos (north/southbound) between Dallas and Lamar
Lamar between Louisiana and Allen Parkway (outbound) at I-45 overpass
Parade route between 6:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. / Parade begins at 9:00 a.m.
Smith Street between Lamar and Walker Street
Walker Street between Smith and Milam
Milam Street between Walker and Pease Street
Pease Street between Milam and Louisiana Street
Louisiana Street between Pease and Clay Street
Clay between Louisiana and Smith
Smith between Clay and Dallas / Parade concludes on Smith at Dallas