FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 6, 2004

ADMISSION DAY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

            City government offices will be closed Friday (August 20) in observance of Admission Day, a state holiday:

• Emergency ambulance, fire, lifeguard and police services will be available.

• The People's Open Markets will not be held.

• City golf courses, recreation centers, the Honolulu Zoo and botanical gardens will be open.

• Regular Friday refuse collection pickup will be made and landfills/transfer stations will be open.

• City buses will operate on the state holiday schedule with express and slightly reduced, regular weekday and express bus service for military bases and downtown Honolulu. Call 848-5555 for schedule information. The HandiVans will operate 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.

These traffic and parking regulations will be in effect:

·        On‑street parking will be free, except for the meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Kapiolani Park;

·        Parking will be permitted in towaway zones that allow it on holidays;

·        There will be no coning of commuter traffic lanes;

·        Traffic signals at Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard will be three‑phase to permit mauka‑bound traffic to turn left onto Kapiolani Boulevard.

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