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Operation Parkway Safe

This is only a drill – there is no impending threat to the citizens of Philadelphia or the region.

The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management and the Philadelphia Fire Department are conducting an emergency preparedness exercise on Monday evening, August 6, beginning at approximately 8:00 p.m.

This exercise will assess the City’s capability to carry out a joint emergency medical response to a realistic emergency that could occur in a very popular location used for special events.

During this exercise, residents should expect to see a large number of Fire and Emergency Medical vehicles, as well as private ambulances, responding to Eakins Oval, Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Residents should understand that there is no actual emergency.

This is only an exercise. There is nothing you need to do.

Road Closures and Detours
Road closures and detours will be in effect from approximately 6:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. The Police Department will barricade these locations:

Fairmount Avenue and Kelly Drive (inbound only)
Traffic will be detoured onto Fairmount Avenue. Right onto Pennsylvania to 21st Street, right onto 21st Street back to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

25th Street and Kelly Drive (inbound)
No traffic permitted into Eakins Oval.

25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Access to the Art Museum and Spring Garden Street Bridge will be through the Spring Garden Street Tunnel ONLY.

Spring Garden Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Spring Garden Street traffic will access the tunnel for travel to West Philadelphia.

Eakins Oval at the outbound Kelly Drive entrance
No traffic permitted into Eakins Oval. This closure will allow outbound Parkway traffic to go north onto Kelly Drive.

Monday, August 6, 2007
Road Closures:
6:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Exercise: 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Eakins Oval, Benjamin Franklin Parkway

For more information on Philadelphia’s emergency preparedness and response visit: www.phila.gov/ready

To learn more about the Cities Readiness Initiative visit: www.bt.cdc.gov/cri