Motorists advised to plan ahead for Stampede Parade road closures
MEDICINE HAT, AB — For several years, Medicine Hat Police Service Insp. Brent Secondiak has stationed himself at the corner of Maple Avenue and First Street, to assist in crowd and traffic control before the Stampede Parade, and he’s offering some advice ahead of this Thursday’s event.
First off, Secondiak advises people to arrive early and have a plan where to park and how you’ll leave the area at the end of the parade.
Secondiak says every year, he encounters drivers who are frustrated because they can’t drive into the parade and through barricades once the parade has passed a vantage point.