01 May 2025

Notice of Street Closures for Wine Festival

From our friends at the Downtown Norfolk Council, a note about parking the weekend of May 3-4, 2025 during the Spring Town Point Wine Festival.

STREET CLOSURES

EASTBOUND WATERSIDE DRIVE
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Eastbound Waterside Drive between Main Street and Martin’s Lane will be closed under Norfolk Police control for event setup. All lanes of eastbound Waterside Drive from Martin’s Lane to St. Paul’s Boulevard will remain open. Friday, closure will start at 10am and be secured by 11am for the weekend.

WESTBOUND WATERSIDE DRIVE
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Westbound Waterside Drive between Martin’s Lane and Main Street will be closed under Norfolk Police control. Two outside lanes of westbound Waterside Drive between St. Paul’s Boulevard and Atlantic Street will remain open to traffic. Through traffic will be merged into one lane and detoured onto northbound Atlantic Street for access to Main Street and parking garages. Westbound median lane from St. Paul’s Boulevard to Atlantic Street will be restricted to emergency vehicle access only.

BOUSH STREET
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Southbound Boush Street from Brambleton Avenue to Main Street will remain open. Vehicles will be detoured under NPD control to eastbound Main Street. Northbound Boush Street from Main Street to Brambleton Avenue will remain open.

ATLANTIC STREET
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Northbound Atlantic Street will remain open from Waterside Drive to Main Street. Southbound traffic will be detoured onto eastbound Waterside Drive.

MARTIN’S LANE
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
North and southbound traffic will remain unrestricted at all times. Southbound traffic will be detoured onto eastbound Waterside Drive. Access will be maintained to Towne Bank/Prince Books parking lot and World Trade Center loading dock at all times.

COMMERCIAL PLACE
Open to traffic and unrestricted for the duration of the event closures.

 

PARKING REMOVALS / SUPPORT VEHICLE PARKING

EASTBOUND WATERSIDE DRIVE
No restrictions to normal on-street parking operations between Martin’s Lane and Atlantic Street.

WESTBOUND WATERSIDE DRIVE
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Parking will be removed on westbound Waterside Drive from Atlantic Street to Martin’s Lane. Parking lane will be used for festival support vehicles.

ATLANTIC STREET
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
Parking will be removed on northbound Atlantic Street from Waterside Drive to Main Street.

COMMERCIAL PLACE
Friday, May 2 at 11am – Sunday, May 4 at 11pm
No restrictions to normal on-street parking operations between Waterside Drive and Main Street.

MAIN STREET
Friday, May 2 at 6pm – Sunday, May 3 at 11pm
Parking will be removed from eastbound and westbound Main Street between Boush Street and Granby Street for festival support vehicle parking. Parking will be removed from eastbound and westbound Main Street between Granby Street and Martin’s Lane (no festival support vehicle parking). The taxi loading zone on E. Main Street between Martin’s Lane and Atlantic Street will be closed.

For details on Wine Festival and to purchase tickets, click here.

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