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9/11 remembrance walk to close downtown streets | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper

Updated at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2007

9/11 remembrance walk to close downtown streets

Advertiser Staff

Some downtown-area streets will be temporarily closed to traffic and parking Sunday evening during the second annual Mayor's Remembrance Walk in observance of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"The city is again holding this walk to honor the memory of the people who perished in the 9/11 attacks and to recognize the first-responders and members of the armed forces who are protecting our safety and well-being," Mayor Mufi Hannemann said.

"This is an occasion for Honolulu to remember the losses we suffered and the acts of heroism summoned the day of the attacks."

Participants will gather at 6:30 p.m. at the front steps of police headquarters on 801 S. Beretania St. and will proceed makai on Alapa'i Street, cross the South King Street and Kapi'olani Boulevard intersection, and continue on South Street to the Fire Department headquarters on the corner of South and Queen streets.

The procession will then proceed makai on South Street to Halekauwila Street, then turn 'ewa and continue to the Prince Kuhio Federal Building at the corner of Halekauwila and Punchbowl streets. Marchers will then go mauka on Punchbowl to Honolulu Hale for a formal ceremony at the eternal flame on the front lawn.

The service will include a wreath-laying and recognition of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department and Department of Emergency Management. There will be music by the Royal Hawaiian Band and a display of emergency vehicles from the police, fire, and emergency services departments.

The following streets on the route will be affected, between 6-9 p.m:

  • South Beretania Street, from Hale Makai Street to Alapai Street

  • Alapa'i Street, between South Beretania and South King streets

  • South King Street, from Punchbowl to South

  • Kapi'olani Boulevard, from Curtis to South in the 'ewa-bound direction

  • South Street, from South King Street to Halekauwila Street

  • Queen Street, from Punchbowl to South

  • Halekauwila, from Richards Street to South Street

  • Richards Street, from Queen Street to Halekauwila

  • Punchbowl Street, from South Beretania to Halekauwila

  • Ala Moana Boulevard left-turn lane onto Halekauwila Street

    Police advise motorists to observe all traffic signs, use alternative routes, and drive with caution. Closed streets will reopen after all marchers have passed each designated area.

    On-street parking will also be banned from 5-9 p.m. in the following locations:

  • South Beretania Street, between Hale Makai and Alapa'i

  • South Street, between Queen Street and Kapi'olani Boulevard

  • Punchbowl Street, between South Beretania and Halekauwila streets

  • South King Street, from Punchbowl to South streets

  • Richards Street, from the intersection with Queen Street, along the length of Halekauwila Street, to South Street
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