Road closures in effect this weekend for Nuit Blanche

Shasti O'Lear-Soudant, right, marks up people with invisible UV reactive in markers to prepare for her HALFLIFE performance during the 2014 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hannah Yoon

Toronto’s all-night arts festival Nuit Blanche returns this weekend with exhibits throughout the city’s downtown core.

To accommodate the annual event, a number of road closures will be in effect, including:

• Queen Street West between Bay Street and University Avenue
• Bay Street between Hagerman Street and Richmond Street West
• Elizabeth Street between Foster Plast and Hagerman Street
• Hagerman Street between Elizabeth Street and Bay Street
• Albert Street between James Street and Bay Street

The closures begin at 12 p.m. on Oct. 3 and will remain in place until noon on Oct. 4.

Local traffic will be permitted to travel on the following streets:

• York Street between Richmond Street West and Queen Street West
• Bay Street between Dundas Street West and Foster Place
• all of Foster Place

Some TTC routes will be diverting as a result of the road closures, Toronto police said, and motorists should expect delays downtown.

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