Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

NEWPORT -- Go green in the City by the Sea tomorrow.

The city's St. Patrick's Day parade tomorrow kicks off at 11 a.m. beginning at City Hall on Broadway.

The city has advised people heading into Newport to avoid Broadway. Best ways into the city with available public parking are westbound on Memorial Boulevard, right onto Bellevue Avenue (northbound), left on Church Street and right into the Waterfront parking lot (between Church and Mary streets). Or take Farewell Street south to America’s Cup Avenue and right into the Gateway parking garage.

People should expect heavy traffic downtown from about 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and limited parking.

Those in the parade will start setting up on lower Broadway about 9 a.m.

Parking will be banned from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- and cars towed otherwise towed -- on Broadway from Cranston/Equality Park West to Washington Square; Equality Park Place and Equality Park West; Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Boulevard from Equality Park to Oak Street; Washington Square from Broadway to Thames Street; Thames Street from America’s Cup to Morton Avenue; and, Carroll Avenue from Morton to Harrison avenues.

Expect regulations on noise and open containers of alcohol in public to be in force, the city has said.

For more St. Patrick's Day events around the region, check out these listings.

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