Waterford's Winterval Festival gets underway this month, on Friday November 19th running until Thursday December 23rd.
The five-week Christmas festival will see over 100 free and ticketed events throughout the course of the month in the city.
In preparation, Waterford City and County Council have given notice that the following public roads will be closed:
- From 11am 15th November 2021 until 9pm Sunday 2nd January 2022 Arundel Square & Michael Street from its junction with Lady Lane to Patrick's Street will be closed for the Winterval Christmas Market.
- From 11am Monday 8th November 2021 until 9pm Sunday 9th January 2022 Broad Street will close for the installation of the main Waterford City Christmas tree. No vehicular access from Patrick Street to John Roberts Square will be possible during this period.
- From Friday 19th November John Roberts Square be closed to all vehicular traffic from 11am Friday to 9pm Sunday each weekend until 19th December.
- Commencing Monday 20th December until Thursday 23rd December John Roberts Square shall close to traffic as normal at 11am but shall not reopen until 8:30pm each night.
On the following Times & Dates Henrietta Street will be closed to facilitate safe access and egress from the Cathedral Square festival area.
Access to Cathedral Close & Christ Church Cathedral for residents will be maintained via Lady Lane but at times of crowd pressure there will short delays until the crowd has safely dispersed.
Deliveries
Deliveries to Arundel Square, Michael Street North & John Roberts Square will be affected and therefore Winterval will liaise with all businesses in the affected area.
Traffic Management Changes:
- To facilitate the Winterval Train the traffic flow on Stephen Street from its Junction with Alexander street to Patricks Street be reversed, allowing traffic from Alexander Street to travel to Patrick Street. This Traffic change will commence on the morning of Friday 19th November until 9pm Thursday 23rd December.
- To facilitate the parking of Emergency Vehicles the 3 parking spaces on High Street running from its junction with Conduit Lane towards Exchange Street shall be unavailable to the general public from 18th November 2021 until Thursday 23rd December 2021.
- To facilitate the Starflyer Fairground Attraction the Left Turn from Parade Quay to Adelphi Quay will be closed to vehicular access. Access to Adelphi Quay, Rose Lane & Tower Hotel Car Park will be via Lombard Street. Traffic leaving Adelphi Quay and Rose Lane to Parade Quay will be unaffected. This Traffic change will commence on the morning of 8am Wednesday 17th November until 11am Friday 24th December.
Public Transport & Commuters
Other than the above changes to Arundel Square the festival shall not interfere with Public Transport. The Taxi Rank on Patricks Street and Peter Street will operate as normal.
Waterford City & County Council has apologised for any inconvenience caused.
