Rehoboth issues road restrictions for fireworks safety July 6

The City of Rehoboth Beach will keep the Independence Day party going with a fireworks display, launching at about 9:30 p.m., Saturday, July 6, weather permitting, from the beach around Brooklyn Avenue. The display will be visible from along the beach and Boardwalk.

Several road closures and parking restrictions will be implemented July 6 to facilitate access and safety.

The bandstand area will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 p.m. to midnight. Festivities will begin with a free concert by the Funsters at the bandstand, and they will continue performing after the fireworks.

Beginning at 7 p.m., only bus traffic and residents will be permitted on Henlopen and Surf avenues.

Beginning at 7 p.m., Henlopen Avenue residents, and those in Henlopen Acres and North Shores must access their residences via Second Street. Vehicles will not be able to cross Rehoboth Avenue at the traffic circle beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Rehoboth Avenue eastbound and Church Street from Route 1 will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 8 p.m. At that point, all vehicles entering Rehoboth Beach will have to do so by taking State Road to Bayard Avenue.

To exit Rehoboth after the fireworks, vehicles north of Rehoboth Avenue will be directed to exit via Rehoboth and Columbia avenues. Vehicles on the south side of Rehoboth Avenue will use Bayard Avenue to Route 1 southbound only, or Hickman or Munson streets to State Road to Route 1 north- and southbound.

No parking will be allowed in the following locations: Surf Avenue, convention center parking lot, around the Bandstand, Grenoble Place and Surfside Place, and marked spots in part of the ocean block of Hickman Street.

Following the fireworks, the pickup location for those using the DART Park & Ride Service will be at the Henlopen Hotel.

More details about road closures and traffic safety measures can be found at cityofrehoboth.com/visitors/fireworks.