Traffic will be diverted from roads, including Jan Smuts Avenue, to make way for the crowds expected at the Jazz on the Lake

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Zoo Lake roads to close for jazz fest Commuters in the vicinity of the Jazz on the Lake concert on Sunday, 3 September are advised to take note of the roads being closed. August 30, 2006 By Ndaba Dlamini A NUMBER of roads in the vicinity of Zoo Lake will be closed to traffic on Sunday, 3 September ahead of the annual Jazz on the Lake concert and people attending the event are assured that security will be tight on the day. The roads will be closed from 6am until 8pm on the day for the free concert, part of the City of Johannesburg’s sponsored Arts Alive Festival, says Jazz on the Lake production manager, Graham Dickson. "People attending the concert will be allowed to park their vehicles at the Civic Theatre opposite the Civic Centre where secure parking would be available. A shuttle bus will be available to ferry them to Zoo Lake." The concert will start at 10am and no alcohol, weapons or drugs will be allowed into the concert area, according to Dickson. "There will be zero tolerance and police from Parkview police station will be out in full force to ensure peace." The following roads will be closed: Wabord and Gale Jan Smuts and Empire Jan Smuts offramp from N1 North Barry Hertzog and Napier Loch and Napier Rustenburg Road and Carlos Road Greenside and Wicklow Gleaneagles and Geers Road 1st Avenue West and 5th Avenue in Parkhurst 1st Avenue West and 7th Avenue 7th avenue and 4th Avenue 7th Avenue and 3rd Avenue 7th Avenue and 2nd Avenue 7th Avenue and 1st Avenue East in Parktown North 7th Avenue and Jan Smuts Bolten and Sturdee in Rosebank Bolten and Bath Avenue Bolten and Oxford Oxford and 14th Avenue Oxford and 11th Avenue Oxford and 8th Avenue Oxford and North Avenue Oxford and Riviera Federation and Annerley M1 North Oxford offramp Oxford and Victoria St Andrews and Albany Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za