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City outlines secure closures, barricades and viewing area for Trenton Summer Festival

5726711 · June 17, 2025
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Police announced hard street closures with concrete barricades for the Trenton Summer Festival, confirmed fireworks launched from a barge near West Jefferson, and said Riverside Drive would remain open while the festival interior is secured; business owners and residents have been notified.

Trenton police and festival organizers told the council they will use hardened street closures and a secured festival footprint for this year’s Trenton Summer Festival.

Chief Hawkins explained the city will use “hard closure with cement barricades and some other things that we borrowed from other communities,” rather than movable jersey barriers, and that there will be no vehicular traffic in the secured festival area. He said the fireworks will be launched from…

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