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Traffic changes for Barbados Food and Rum Festival

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On Thursday, November 6, 2025, The National Cultural Foundation in collaboration with the Barbados Food and Rum Festival, will be holding a culinary event along Oistins Main Road, Christ Church. As a result, a
number of traffic changes will take effect from 5:40 p.m. until the close of the event.

ROAD CLOSURES
The following road will be closed between 5:40 p.m. and 11 p.m.: Oistins Main Road from its junction with Canevale Road, to the junction of Keizer Hill and Thornbury Hill.

TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS
Take note of the following traffic diversions between the indicated times: Motorists travelling east along Oistins Road from Maxwell Road, must turn left at the junction with Canevale Road, continue to the junction with Maxwell Hill, before turning right towards Oistins Hill.

Motorists travelling west along Keizer Hill towards Oistins, must turn right at the junction of Thornbury Hill, before making a left onto Church Hill Road.

Motorists travelling west towards Oistins from Silver Sands, can make a right turn at the junction of Waverly Road, left onto Pegwell Road, before making a right and continuing to Thornbury Hill.

OFFENCES
Any person who contravenes these rules or fails to comply with any order given by a member of The Barbados Police Service in uniform, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction, to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500BDS) or to imprisonment for a term of three (3) months.

These rules do not apply to vehicles used by The Barbados Police Service, the Barbados Defence Force, the Barbados Fire Service, or any emergency vehicle. Police Officers will also be deployed on the day, to assist with all traffic management. The Barbados Police Service thanks the members of the public for
their understanding and cooperation in this matter and apologises for any inconvenience these traffic changes may cause.

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