Parking, road closures and CBD impacts from Monday 29 March 2021
Published on 25 March 2021
Final preparations are underway from this coming Monday (29 March) to deliver the first ever Rare Spares Rockynats car festival, to be held over the Easter long weekend.
To ensure the delivery of a safe event for the community and visitors including residents, business owners, spectators and entrants it is important that an array of traffic control measures are implemented including road closures, safety bollards and placements of barricades throughout the Central Business District (CBD) and event precincts.
From Monday, parking in the CBD will be restricted and traffic conditions will be altered during the week as event crews transform the city to host the biggest car festival in Queensland.
People working in the CBD will experience parking interruptions and are being encouraged to park at the Showgrounds and catch the free shuttle bus into work. The ‘park and ride’ will operate a loop transfer every 15-20 minutes from 6:00am – 7:00pm daily from Monday 29 March – Thursday 1 April and Tuesday 6 April – Wednesday 7 April.
Local residents, businesses and their customers in the CBD will have managed access to their premises during the event on the Saturday and Sunday.
Event precincts will officially come alive from Good Friday 2 April, commencing with an 800-car street parade starting from the Showgrounds at 11.30am. The parade will see further short-term road closures throughout the Southside and CBD facilitated by Police and traffic controllers.
Residents and spectators are encouraged to line the streets to welcome parade entrants from all over Australia to the Rare Spares Rockynats and Rockhampton. The Street Parade route can be found on the Rockynats website and in CQ Today edition next week.
Rockhampton Regional Council has worked closely with CBD stakeholders, Department of Transport, Main Roads, Police, Emergency Services and Queensland Health to ensure the event can be delivered safely with minimal inconvenience to residents, visitors and businesses.
More than 15,000 spectators and 1200 entrants from all over Australia will converge on Rockhampton during Rockynats with an anticipated economic benefit to the region of more than $22 million.
The 2021 Rare Spares Rockynats – the Rockhampton Nationals - are managed by the same team behind the time-honoured Summernats in Canberra and the hugely popular Red-CentreNats in Alice Springs.
The Rockhampton edition is presented by Rockhampton Regional Council, Naming Rights Sponsor Rare Spares and supporting precinct and event sponsors.
For road closure details visit: www.rockynats.com.au/CBDRoadClosures
For Park and Ride details visit: www.rockynats.com.au/DisplacedParking
For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.rockynats.com.au