{"id":6803,"date":"2026-05-05T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:38:00","slug":"key-road-closures-announced-for-liberation-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6803&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Key Road Closures Announced for Liberation Day Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of Guernsey&#8217;s Liberation Day celebrations have announced a series of **key road closures** for the event in St Peter Port. The public is encouraged to use alternative, **&#8217;active modes of transport&#8217;** to help reduce congestion in the town centre during the festivities.<\/p>\n<h3>Event Details and Main Closures<\/h3>\n<p>The **Guernsey seafront will be closed all day on 9 May** for the event, which commemorates the end of Guernsey&#8217;s Nazi German occupation during World War Two.<\/p>\n<h3>Parking Suspensions<\/h3>\n<p>**Parking suspensions** will also be implemented on **Crown and Albert Pier from Wednesday, 6 May, until Monday, 11 May**. This measure is to facilitate the build-up of necessary event infrastructure, according to officials.<\/p>\n<h3>Specific Road Closures Include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The seafront from the **Weighbridge roundabout to the Slaughterhouse roundabout** will be closed.<\/li>\n<li>The **Weighbridge roundabout** itself will be closed from **10:45 BST** as the parade passes through and briefly before **15:00** for the arrival of the Cavalcade.<\/li>\n<li>**Fountain Street** will be closed for the entire day.<\/li>\n<li>**La Vallette** will be closed from **10:00** for the setup of the fireworks display.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**Pedestrian access** will remain available on the raised walkway until **15:00**.<\/p>\n<h3>Taxi Service Adjustments<\/h3>\n<p>Due to the road closures, taxi services will operate temporarily from **The Albany** and the end of **Castle Emplacement**. The **Town Church Square taxi rank will be closed on 9 May**.<\/p>\n<p>#GuernseyLiberationDay #RoadClosures #StPeterPort #GuernseyEvents #WW2History #ActiveTravel #TrafficAdvisory #IslandLife #May9th #EventPlanning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of Guernsey&#8217;s Liberation Day celebrations have announced a series of **key road closures** for the event in St Peter Port. The public is encouraged to use alternative, **&#8217;active modes of transport&#8217;** to help reduce congestion in the town centre during the festivities. Event Details and Main Closures The **Guernsey seafront will be closed all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}