Parking restrictions, street closings and new traffic patterns are in store for motorists traveling to or near Camden Yards for the Opening Day of the Orioles' regular season tomorrow.
The city's Department of Transportation is urging people without parking permits for stadium lots to use buses or light rail. Parking in neighborhoods near the stadium, such as Ridgely's Delight and Federal Hill, is forbidden without a residential parking pass.
"All parking restrictions and neighborhood permit parking regulations will be aggressively and strictly enforced throughout the season," the DOT said in a statement, warning that violators will be ticketed and towed to the Fallsway impound lot.
New routes for pedestrians have been set up to ease navigation around the construction of a hotel on Eutaw Street. The new routes are on Howard, Paca, Camden and Pratt streets, and maps have been posted around the area and on the DOT's Web site.
The following streets will be closed starting noon tomorrow:
Camden Street between Howard and Russell streets.
Lee Street from Ramp D to Russell Street.
Hamburg Street west of Russell Street.
Camden Street between Paca and Howard streets (open for handicap drop-off).
The right lane of Paca Street between Camden and Pratt streets.
City officials said that Hamburg Street from Russell to Leadenhall streets will be made one-way eastbound before the game and one-way westbound after the game.
Parking will be prohibited starting at 6 a.m. Monday on the following streets:
Both sides of Pratt Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Paca Street.
The east side of Greene Street from Lombard Street to Washington Boulevard.
The east side of Eutaw Street from Lombard to Pratt streets.
The north side of Conway Street from Charles to Sharp streets.