SALEM ― The month of October will see a number of road and lot closures downtown to coincide with its usual roster of Halloween festivities.
Essex Street, from Hawthorne Boulevard to New Liberty Street, will be closed to through traffic and will not allow on-street parking from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday of the month.
Essex Street from Barton Square to Washington Street closures will be determined by police each weekend. If closed to traffic, vehicles will be rerouted to Barton Square to reach Washington Street.
The Haunted Happenings Parade on Oct. 7 will begin at 6:30 p.m., closing vehicular traffic at 6 p.m. on Essex Street, from Hawthorne Boulevard to New Liberty Street; Front Street; Central Street at the intersection of Front Street and Charter Street to the Pedestrian Mall; Lafayette Street between Derby Street and Klop Alley; and Charter Street, with Salem Housing Authority residents still having access to their parking lot.
A parking ban will be in effect on Oct. 7 between 4 and 9 p.m. on Essex Street from Washington Street to Hawthorne Boulevard; on both sides of Front Street, from Washington Street to Lafayette Street; and the metered spaces at the intersection of Charter, Front and Central streets.
On every Saturday and Sunday during the month, there will be “no parking zones” at Washington Square North (Common Fence side only) and a portion of the metered spaces along Hawthorne Boulevard.
The metered spaces along Lafayette Street by Fire Headquarters will have “no parking” zones during the last two weekends of the month.
There are currently road closures planned downtown for Halloween Day, starting no later than 4 p.m., but the city said there is a high chance that some closures will be made on Friday, Oct. 29, Saturday, Oct. 30 and potentially on Friday, Oct. 22 through Sunday, Oct. 24.
Any closures or changes will be announced and posted at www.salem.com and www.salempd.org.
The city will also send push notifications about road closures through the official app, My Salem MA, which can be found by searching for “My Salem MA” in your device’s app store.
