There will be new traf­fic re­stric­tions in place to ac­com­mo­date In­de­pen­dence Day cel­e­bra­tions with­in Port-of-Spain be­tween 6 pm on Fri­day Au­gust 30 to 1 am on Sun­day Sep­tem­ber 1.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice or­der, from 6 am to 12 noon on Sat­ur­day 31 Au­gust, no park­ing is al­lowed on Queen’s Park West be­tween Queen’s Park East and Cipri­ani Boule­vard, Chancery Lane be­tween Keate Street and Queen’s Park West, Dere Street, Al­bion Street, Gor­don Street, Fred­er­ick Street be­tween Queen’s Park West and Park Street, Park Street be­tween Fred­er­ick Street and St. Vin­cent Street, West­ern Main Road from its junc­tion with Tra­garete Road, and its junc­tion with Long Cir­cu­lar Road and Tra­garete Road.

From 6 am to 2 pm on Sat­ur­day park­ing is not al­lowed on Phillip Street be­tween Tra­garete Road and Kew Place, and Fras­er Street be­tween Phillip Street and Rich­mond Street.

From 6 am to 3 pm on Sat­ur­day park­ing is not al­lowed on Long Cir­cu­lar Road be­tween West­ern Main Road and Pat­na Street.

From 12 noon on Sat­ur­day to 1 am on Sun­day, park­ing is re­strict­ed on Queen’s Park West be­tween Chancery Lane and St. Clair Av­enue, Mar­aval Road be­tween St. Clair Av­enue and Sad­dle Road, Cir­cu­lar Road be­tween Sad­dle Road and St. Ann’s Road, Queen’s Park East be­tween St. Ann’s Road and Queen’s Park West, and Char­lotte Street be­tween Queen’s Park West and New Street.

Dri­ving would be re­strict­ed from 9 am to 10 am on Sat­ur­day Queen’s Park West be­tween Queen’s Park East and Chancery Lane, Keate Street be­tween Char­lotte Street and Aber­crom­by Street, Fred­er­ick Street be­tween Queen’s Park West and Park Street, and Pem­broke Street be­tween Keate Street and Gor­don Street.

From 7.00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Sat­ur­day dri­ving is re­strict­ed on Park Street (be­tween Hen­ry Street and Ed­ward Street).

From 7.00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Sat­ur­day dri­ving is re­strict­ed on Tra­garete Road, and the West­ern Main Road (be­tween Dami­an Street and Luc­know Street).

Fras­er Street (be­tween Phillip Street and Rich­mond Street) will be off lim­its for ve­hic­u­lar traf­fic from 6.00 p.m. on Fri­day to 1.00 am on Sun­day.

From 6:00 a.m. on Sat­ur­day to 1:00 a.m. on Sun­day on Phillip Street (be­tween Tra­garete Road and Kew Place).

Mo­torists may park their ve­hi­cle in the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Sat­ur­day as di­rect­ed by a po­lice of­fi­cer on du­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to the or­der, "ve­hi­cles found parked in con­tra­ven­tion of this Or­der may be re­moved by the Po­lice and im­pound­ed and dealt with in ac­cor­dance with sec­tion 108(1)(b) of the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Act."