COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2014 Community Festival – known as ComFest — takes place Friday through Sunday at Goodale Park.
Extra COTA buses will be available Friday and Saturday evenings to help get festival-goers to and from the area.
City officials say motorists should use caution in the area due to increased pedestrian traffic and streets around the park began closing Wednesday evening. All streets will be back open to traffic by 6:00 a.m. Monday, according to the Department of Public Service.
Street Closings
6:00 p.m. Wednesday
Park Street between Russell Street and Swan Street
Goodale Street between North High Street and Dennison Avenue
Poplar Avenue at Park Street
Millay Alley at Park Street
Lincoln Street at Park Street
9: a.m. Thursday
Millay Alley between Park Street and North High Street
Russell Street between Park Street and North High Street
Poplar Avenue between Park Street and North High Street
Noon Thursday
Park Street between Buttles Avenue and Russell Street
6:00 p.m. Thursday
Wall Street from Millay Avenue to Russell Street
Lincoln Street between Park Street and Wall Street
7:00 a.m. Friday
Dennison Avenue between Goodale Street and Buttles Avenue
Collins Avenue between Dennison Avenue and Hunter Avenue
Poplar Avenue between Dennison Avenue and Hunter Avenue
Hunter Avenue between Goodale Street and Buttles Avenue
Highland Avenue between Buttles Avenue and Collins Avenue
Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will provide expanded service during Community Festival (ComFest) in Goodale Park, Friday, June 27-Sunday, June 29.
Additional COTA buses — marked with large “COMFEST” signs in the front window — will operate between Goodale and 5th Avenues on High Street, according to transit authority officials.
The CBUS will be operating on its regular route with extra buses circulating between Sycamore and Nationwide on Front and High streets to get people from the southern end of the route to ComFest and back. Officials say riders should check the header on the front on the CBUS to learn its destination.
The Line 21 Night Owl will also be operating on its regular route through the Short North.