Oswego’s Fourth of July fireworks display set for this evening

Oswego’s annual Independence Day fireworks display will be presented this evening, Sunday, July 4.

The display will begin about 9:30 p.m. at Prairie Point Park, 4120 Plainfield Road, with a rain date of Monday, July 5.

Parking at Prairie Point Park will be limited, but more will be available at the Oswego Public Works building, the former Traughber Junior High School rear lot on Route 71, the Oswego School District 308 Administration Center, Prairie Point Elementary School, Traughber Junior High School and Oswego High School.

The village is encouraging event patrons are to follow applicable state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

Village police have announced they will limit parking and travel routes before and immediately after the fireworks display.

Temporary no parking signs will be posted at the following locations:

• Route 71 between Route 34 and Forest Avenue

• Franklin Street (fire hydrant side only)

• Wilmette and Calumet Street

• Plainfield Road between Route 71 and Linden Drive

• Grove Road between Plainfield Road and Arboretum Way

• Bell Court

• Woolley Road between Plainfield Road and Colchester

Regulatory no parking signs are posted on both sides of Stonehill Road, Theodore Drive, Templeton Drive and Plank Road. Both temporary and regulatory no parking signs will be strictly enforced. As a reminder, parking on private property is prohibited unless you have permission from the landowner.

To alleviate traffic congestion, traffic patterns will be altered at several intersections throughout the area and at school parking lot exits. The areas affected by these changes include:

• Motorists will not be allowed to travel on West Washington Street toward downtown Oswego from Route 71. All traffic traveling on East Washington must travel northbound or southbound on Route 71, no through traffic will be allowed.

• Both parking lots of the Oswego High School and Eastview Elementary will only be allowed to travel northbound on Route 71.

• Motorists traveling east on Franklin Street will only be allowed to turn southbound onto Route 71.

• Motorists exiting Stonehill Road onto Wolf Road will be required to turn eastbound onto Wolf’s Crossing.

• Motorists exiting Stonehill Road onto Woolley Road will be required to turn eastbound onto Woolley Road.

• Motorists exiting onto Woolley Road from the Traughber Junior High School lot will only be allowed to travel north on Colchester Drive or east on Woolley Road.

Police officers and community service officers will be at intersections most affected by the increase in traffic and will assist with traffic control in these areas. In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, families driving to the event are asked to carpool and remain patient while traffic is clearing.