By Staff, February 6, 2004
Street closure plans to facilitate the late February 2004 production needs of the 76th Academy Awards, as well as security strategies and public safety, have been finalized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles.
Numerous agencies, including the L. A. Department of Transportation, Caltrans and the Los Angeles police and fire departments were consulted in the planning process and agree that the finalized plan is the best way to accommodate all of the parties involved.
Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive for six days beginning at 11 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, for construction of press risers, fan bleachers and pre-show stages for the 76th Annual Academy Awards red carpet.
The boulevard will reopen by noon on Monday, Mar. 1.
Additional streets will be closed on the day of the show, Sunday, Feb. 29, including Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin Avenue, and Hollywood Boulevard from Cahuenga Boulevard to La Brea Avenue.
Also closed on the afternoon of the day of the show will be the southbound Highland Avenue off-ramp from the 101 Freeway.
MTA subway trains will by-pass the Hollywood and Highland station following the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, Feb. 28, to the first train on Monday morning, Mar. 1.
Also on the day of the show, north/south streets between Cahuenga and La Brea that cross or dead-end on Hollywood Boulevard will be restricted to residents and local business traffic for the block north and south of Hollywood Boulevard.
Franklin Avenue will remain open in both directions from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue, and the northbound Highland Avenue on-ramp to the 101 Freeway will be open.
Between Monday, Feb. 23, and the day of the Academy Awards Presentation, some additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for various periods:
Orange Drive from Orchid Alley to Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, through 6 a.m. Monday, Mar. 1, except for residents, local business access and emergency vehicles.
Hawthorn Avenue will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive from 12:01 a.m. Friday, Feb
. 27, until 6 a.m. Monday, Mar. 1, except for school buses on Friday. The sidewalks will remain open on Friday.
Orchid Street between Franklin Avenue and Orchid Alley will be closed to all but residents and hotel loading traffic from 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, to 6 a.m. Monday, Mar. 1.
On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28 and 29, sidewalks will be closed on Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive and on the west side of Highland Avenue from Johnny Grant Way to Hollywood Boulevard. On Sunday, show day, the sidewalk on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange will be closed.
The north sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard will be closed in front of the entrance to Awards Walk from 10 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23 until noon on Monday, Mar. 1. Pedestrian traffic will be re-routed but emergency access will be available.
In addition, there will be some short-term street closures, and sidewalk and curb lane closures before Feb. 23 and after Feb. 29:
Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive for eight hours beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22.
The north and south curb lanes of Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive will be closed, except for school buses, from 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, until 6 a.m. Monday, Mar. 1.
The north curb lane of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to 230 feet east of Orange Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, until 6 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 2.
The east and west parking lanes on Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Orchid Alley will be closed for two weeks prior to the show.
The north curb lane of Hawthorn Avenue from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 1.
Hollywood Boulevard from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed for eight hours from 10 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 1, to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Mar. 2.
Details of the closures and maps of affected areas will be available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth and Thirteenth District City Council field offices and will be posted on the Academy's website, www.oscars.org.
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