City Reminds Drivers of Holiday Road Closures

Thanksgiving is a time for feasting, but prior to the feast, thousands of Naperville residents will be running in the annual Turkey Trot, which has sold out. Then, on Friday, the annual Little Friends Electric Light Parade kicks off Hometown Holidays. For drivers this means temporary road closures and parking tow zones.

The Turkey Trot is an annual event that the Naperville Noon Lions Club sponsors and it starts and finishes at .

The said temporary street closures will begin at approximately 7:30 a.m. and end by approximately 10 a.m. Race route streets are re-opened to traffic as soon as the Naperville Police Department determines it is safe. The race route only will be a no parking, tow zone from 5 to 10 a.m. and will be posted accordingly.

The temporary road closures and no parking, tow zones apply to the following streets:

• Hillside Road – Webster Street to West Street
• West Street – Aurora Avenue to Rickert Drive (southbound)
• Plainfield/Naperville Road – Rickert Drive to Oswego Road
• Oswego Road – Plainfield/Naperville Road to West Street

To accommodate the large number of race participants, the northbound lanes of West Street will be closed between 8 and 8:30 a.m. This closure is to allow participants at the start of the race to extend across northbound West Street and then safely merge over onto southbound West Street as runners begin to spread out.

Drivers should expect delays through the morning in and around the race route area and take alternate routes or allow extra time to get to their destination. A color-coded map of the street closures is located on the city’s website at www.naperville.il.us/turkeytrot.aspx. 

On Friday afternoon, Downtown streets will be closed for Hometown Holidays. The Naperville Downtown Alliance sponsors the event, which includes the annual Electric Light Parade and Grand Illumination ceremony.

According to the city the parade route only will be a no parking, tow zone from 2 to 5:30 p.m., and streets within the Grand Illumination event area only will be a no parking, tow zone from 1 to 8 p.m.

Streets along the parade route will be closed beginning at about 4 p.m. until approximately 5:30 p.m. The Grand Illumination event area, located on Jefferson Avenue from Eagle Street to Main Street, will be closed beginning at about 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. Parade route streets are re-opened to traffic as soon as the determines it is safe. 

The parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., according to the city. The Grand Illumination ceremony will begin at approximately 5:45 p.m.

Drivers  should expect delays through the afternoon and evening hours in and around the downtown area and take alternate routes or allow extra time to get to their destination. A color-coded map of the street closures is located on the city’s website at www.naperville.il.us/hometownholidays.aspx.