FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     January 9, 2006

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

            City government offices will be closed on Monday (January 16) in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal and state holiday.

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

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

• Parks and Recreation centers, municipal golf courses, botanical gardens and the Honolulu Zoo will be open.

• Regular Monday refuse collections will be made and refuse convenience centers will be open.

• City buses will operate on a state holiday schedule. (For more information, click on routes and timetable links at TheBus website, www.thebus.org)  The Handi-Vans will operate as usual.

• 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 tow away zones as allowed on holidays.
• Traffic lanes will not be coned for contra flow.
• Traffic signals at Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard will be three-phase to permit mauka traffic to turn left onto Kapiolani Boulevard.

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