FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2004

PRESIDENT’S DAY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

           City government offices will be closed Monday (February 16) in observance of President’s Day, a federal holiday.

•  Emergency ambulance, fire, lifeguard and police services will be available.
• Municipal golf courses, parks, recreation centers, botanical gardens and the Honolulu Zoo will be open.
• The People’s Open Markets will be closed.
• Refuse will be collected.  The landfills and transfer stations will be open.
• City buses will operate on a Saturday schedule.
• These traffic and parking regulations will be in effect:

              -On street parking will be free, except for the meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Queen Kapiolani Park.

              -Parking will be permitted in those tow-away zones that allow parking on holidays.

              -Traffic lanes will not be coned.

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

              -Motorists are reminded that parking in municipal lots with meters will not be free.

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