From 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Saturday, Kamehameha Avenue between Waianuenue Avenue and the State Fisheries Research Station driveway in both directions will be closed for the 2022 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade and staging area.
Traffic in both directions on Bayfront Highway will be detoured through Hilo Bayfront Park. Please be advised that Waianuenue Avenue and Pauahi Street will be closed at Bayfront Highway.
Police officers, traffic cones, barricades and electronic message boards will be present and motorists are asked to comply with the direction of the officers and devices.
The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. The parade route will start at Piopio Street, then left on Pauahi Street, right onto Kilauea Avenue, then will continue onto Keawe Street, right on Waianuenue Avenue and then right onto Kamehameha Avenue, ending at Pauahi Street.
The parade route will be closed from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.