Safety concerns are causing a big change in next week’s Christmas Uptown Festival. At last night’s Mt. Carmel City Council meeting, festival spokesman Terry Beckerman said two blocks of Market Street will be blocked to traffic during the event. According to Beckerman, the east side of the 4th and Market Street intersection will be closed early next Friday morning December 1st. The 300 block of Market Street will close at noon, while the 400 block will be blocked off starting at 4pm. Beckerman also said the 3rd and Market Street intersection will be closed starting at 3:30pm. City Clerk Rudy Witsman said previous city councils had sought to have the street closed for a safer festival…
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Beckerman said the staggered closing times were done to accommodate merchants who were concerned about losing holiday sales because of the street being closed all day.
