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Saturday’s Blues Brews and Barbecue Festival and Sunday’s Lehigh Valley Puerto Rican Parade and Festival will result in some street closures in downtown and center city Allentown.

Lehigh Parkway East will be closed from Wyoming Street to the intersection of Lehigh Parkway North for five weeks beginning on Wednesday, July 28. 

N 4th Street in the City of Allentown will be closed from Chew Street to Gordon Street on Wednesday, July 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a crane to set a new HVAC unit at Allentown Central Catholic High School.

Lane restrictions will be in effect at the intersection of Seventh and Hamilton streets on Tuesday, July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for Lehigh County to do work on the monument.

North Seventh Street in the city of Allentown will be closed from Linden Street to Hamilton Street on Tuesday, July 6 and Wednesday, July 7 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to set up a crane to update a cell tower on the roof of 15 N. Seventh Street.

Hamilton Street will be closed westbound from 5th Street to 6th Street on Friday, May 21 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to set up a crane to lift roof supplies for the Americus Hotel.

Hamilton Street will be closed from 10th Street to 9th Street on Monday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesday, May 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for utility work at 930 Hamilton Street.

The Allentown Department of Public Works will mark Earth Day, tomorrow April 22, by cleaning up tons of illegally dumped trash, debris and tires from along the west bank of the Jordan Creek known as Jordan Meadows.

Infrastructure projects will necessitate some street closures in the city of Allentown on Wednesday, April 21.

Nearby traffic patterns and Jordan Meadows parking will be impacted by beam delivery and erection scheduled for the Gordon Street Bridge replacement project.