The city of Dallas is canceling municipal court on Thursday due to street closures and increased traffic expected in downtown for the Dallas Mavericks Championship Parade.
Appearances at the court are for Thursday only and it includes community court, hearing officer's court, proof plea court and jury duty.
Persons with scheduled appearances will be notified by mail within a week with a new court date. If they have not received a new court date, defendants may call Courts at 214-670-0109 or visit http://www.dallascityhall.com/courts/court_and_detention_services.html and click on Citation Lookup.
The following street closures will take effect at 8:30 a.m.:
· Griffin from Canton to Wood
· Young from Ervay to Houston
· Akard from Canton to Wood
· Canton from Akard to Griffin
· Lamar from Memorial to Jackson
· Market from Young to Jackson
· South Houston from Young to Lamar
· Continental from I-35 to McKinney
· Victory from Continental to All Star Way
· Olive from Victory to Field in the dispersal area
· Olive from Victory Park Lane to Houston Street (The westbound lanes on Olive will be converted to two-way traffic lanes if necessary)
· Olive between Field and Victory Avenue
· N. Houston between Museum Way and Payne Street
The event is expected to impact travel on the following streets:
· N. Houston St. at Harry Hines Blvd. (no southbound on N. Houston St.)
· Highline Dr. at I-35 Stemmons service road (no eastbound on Highline)
· I-35 Stemmons at Highline Dr, exit ramp (no exit onto Highline Dr.)
· Olive St. at Victory Ave. (no southbound on Victory Ave. or eastbound on Olive St.)
· Olive St. at Field St. (no westbound on Field St.)
· Field St. at Woodall Rodgers (no northbound on Field St.)
· Lamar St. and Continental Ave. (no eastbound on Lamar St.)
· Lamar St. and Houston St. (no eastbound on Lamar St.)
· Continental Ave. and I-35 Stemmons service road (no eastbound on Continental Ave.)
· Record St. and Mckinney Ave. (no northbound on Record St.)
· Record St. and Ross Ave. (no eastbound on Ross Ave.)
· Market and Ross Ave. (no northbound on Market St.)
· Elm St. and Houston St. (no westbound on Elm St.)
· Main St. and Market St. (no westbound on Main St.)
· Jackson St. and Market St. (no westbound on Jackson St.)
· Wood St. and Market St. (no westbound on Wood St.)
· Griffin St. and Wood St. (no southbound on Griffin St.)
· Marilla St. and Akard St. (no westbound on Young St.)
· Akard St. and Young St. (no westbound on Young St.)
· Canton St. and Griffin St. (no northbound on Griffin St.)
· Griffin St. and Memorial Dr. (no northbound on Griffin.)
· Lamar St. and Memorial Dr. (no northbound on Memorial Dr.)
