More than 15,000 Hawkeye fans will line the streets of Downtown Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, for the annual University of Iowa Homecoming Parade.

The parade will begin at 5:45 p.m., but expect street closures, parking restrictions and changes to the City’s transit routes earlier in the day.

Drivers should be aware of continued construction on Dubuque Street, and should consider taking an alternate route before and after the parade. Delays during heavy traffic can vary from 15-to-30 minutes.

Traffic in the Downtown area will be heavy beginning around 3 p.m. as...

Drivers should take notice of new stop signs coming to school routes.

An all-way stop will be permanently installed at the intersections of East Court Street and Fourth Avenue, as well as Sandusky and Taylor drives in the upcoming days.

The changes are intended to improve safety at locations where a large number of pedestrians, mostly school-age children, cross the street. Additional warning signage will also be installed to highlight the traffic pattern change near both intersections.

People should use caution as drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians become familiar...

Iowa City’s holiday fireworks display will close out the annual Summer of the Arts Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 2, 2017.

The show will get underway sometime between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m., following the final jazz performance. Be mindful of the possibility of delays due to inclement weather. The rain date is set for Monday, July 3. Same time, same place.

Spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets and take in the show from the University of Iowa Pentacrest lawn. The west lawn provides the best view, but fireworks will be visible from the east side of the Old...

Highland Avenue between Ash and Pine Streets will be reduced to one lane of traffic for pavement repairs beginning Monday, June 19, 2017. Work is expected to be completed by Friday, June 30.

Drivers should use caution when traveling through the area, and take another route if possible.

The inbound Broadway bus route will detour using DeForest Avenue to Franklin Street and back to Highland Avenue.

Stop closures include:

Customers who normally use these stops...