Mo­torists head­ing to Port-of-Spain on Fri­day are be­ing ad­vised of traf­fic re­stric­tions, park­ing pro­hi­bi­tions and changes to taxi-stand ac­cess to fa­cil­i­tate the fu­ner­al ser­vice of ca­lyp­so leg­end Slinger "Mighty Spar­row" Fran­cis­co.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said the re­stric­tions will take ef­fect from 12.01 am to 6 pm on Oc­to­ber 16.

Un­der Le­gal No­tice No. 829, is­sued by Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro, park­ing will be pro­hib­it­ed along sev­er­al roads in the cap­i­tal.

These in­clude In­de­pen­dence Square North, be­tween Ed­ward and Fred­er­ick streets; Fred­er­ick Street, be­tween In­de­pen­dence Square North and Queen’s Park West; Chancery Lane, be­tween Gor­don Street and Queen’s Park West; Queen’s Park West, be­tween Char­lotte Street and the St Clair Round­about; and St Vin­cent Street, be­tween In­de­pen­dence Square North and Trea­sury Street.

Ve­hic­u­lar traf­fic will al­so be pro­hib­it­ed from 9 am to 1.30 pm along In­de­pen­dence Square North, be­tween Ed­ward and Fred­er­ick streets, and Fred­er­ick Street, be­tween In­de­pen­dence Square North and Queen’s Park West.

Dur­ing that pe­ri­od, mo­torists will be re­quired to trav­el east along Al­bion Street, be­tween Dun­don­ald Street and Chancery Lane.

The reg­u­la­tions al­so pro­vide for changes to ac­cess to two taxi stands.

Taxi dri­vers op­er­at­ing from the St Ann’s and St James taxi stands on Hart Street, be­tween Aber­crom­by and Fred­er­ick streets, will be re­quired to ac­cess the stands from Aber­crom­by Street be­tween 9 am and 1.30 pm.

The TTPS said ve­hi­cles parked in breach of the reg­u­la­tions may be re­moved and im­pound­ed in ac­cor­dance with the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Act.