NEW YEARS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

City government offices will be closed Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, for New Years Day, a federal holiday.

• Emergency ambulance, fire, lifeguard and police services will be provided.
• The People’s Open Markets will NOT be held.
• The Honolulu Zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Refuse collections will NOT be made.
• City buses will operate on a SUNDAY schedule.
• The Handi-Vans will be in service.

These traffic and parking regulations will be in effect:

• On-street parking will be free, except for the meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Kapiolani Park.
• Parking will be permitted in towaway zones that allow it on holidays.
• There will be no coning of commuter traffic lanes.
• Traffic signals at Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard will be three-phase to permit mauka-bound traffic to turn left onto Kapiolani Boulevard.

Recreation facilities, the botanical gardens and golf courses will be closed except the Ala Wai, Ewa Villages and Ted Makalena Golf courses will be open 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (18-hole reservations: 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. and nine-hole reservations: 11 a.m. -1 p.m.).

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