City of Ocean Springs releases traffic plan for Peter Anderson Festival
The Peter Anderson Arts Festival is happening this weekend in Ocean Springs and road closures are expected.
Certain streets will be closed to thru traffic from 3 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2024, through 7 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2024.
Police are scheduled to lift barricades at 5 p.m. Sunday to allow vendors to exit the festival area. The roads within the footprint of the festival will remain closed to thru traffic until approximately 7 pm.
As always, it is at the police discretion whether to add, remove, or relocate barricades.
No golf carts, skateboards or bicycles will be allowed within the footprint of the festival. Vehicles parked within the festival footprint will be towed starting at 3:30 a.m. on November 2, 2024.
The following streets will be closed:
- Washington Avenue from Calhoun Street to Bienville Boulevard
- Government Street from Washington Avenue to Magnolia Street
- Porter Avenue from Bellande Avenue to Jackson Avenue
- DeSoto Street from Cash Alley to Church Street
- Bellande Avenue from Bowen Avenue to Government Street (intersections only)
- Kotzum Avenue from Bowen Avenue to Government Street (intersections only)
- Robinson Street will be open only to business and residential traffic
Recommended routes to downtown Ocean Springs:
- From HWY 90 westbound: South on Martin Luther King Avenue, West on Government Street, South on Magnolia Avenue then West on Porter Avenue.
- From HWY 90 eastbound: South on Church Street, West on DeSoto Street, South on Jackson Avenue, then East on Calhoun.
