Officials have listed road closures planned for the 11th Annual Newtown 5K Road Race to be held on Saturday, September 3, and for the 55th Annual Labor Day Parade scheduled for Monday, September 5.

For the road race, certain roadways will be closed to through-traffic from about 7:50 am to about 9:15 am. People who live on those streets will have vehicle access to and from their properties.

Elm Drive will be closed to through-traffic in the area between its intersections with Brushy Hill Road and Sugar Street.

While westbound Sugar Street will remain open to traffic, eastbound Sugar Street will be closed in the area that lies between its intersections with Elm Drive and West Street. Eastbound traffic there will be temporarily detoured onto West Street.

Other closed roads will include Deep Brook Road, Juniper Road, Birch Rise Drive, Nettleton Avenue, and Baldwin Road.

The 5K Road Race will begin at 8 am and will follow a course along those roads. The Kids' Run will start at about 9 am and be held within Dickinson Park

On Labor Day, the parade starts at 10 am, forming at the intersection of Main Street and Currituck Road. Marching units will proceed southward on Main Street and then turn left onto Glover Avenue, after which they will turn left onto Queen Street, where the parade ends.

Staging the parade requires that all roads leading to the center be closed to traffic, according to police Lieutenant Christopher Vanghele.

Those road closures will run from approximately 9:40 am to approximately 1 pm.

Roads leading to the town center will close at the following points:

*Southbound Mt Pleasant Road, blocked at its intersection with Reservoir Road.

*Northbound South Main Street, blocked at its intersection with Mile Hill Road.

*Westbound Church Hill Road, blocked at its intersection with The Boulevard.

*Eastbound Sugar Street, blocked at its intersection with Elm Drive.

*Northbound Queen Street, blocked at its intersection with Elizabeth Street.

*Direct access to Main Street will be closed at Academy Lane, Currituck Road, Hanover Road, Schoolhouse Hill Road, and West Street.

"No Parking" signs will be posted on the following streets and will be considered tow-away zones.

*The Boulevard between Church Hill Road and Schoolhouse Hill Road.

*Schoolhouse Hill Road between The Boulevard and Main Street.

*Hanover Road between Main Street and Hall Lane.

*Elm Drive between Sugar Street and Hawley Road.

Parking will be prohibited on one side of the street on both Meadow Road and Elizabeth Street.