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After crowded Halloween parade, Vienna council weighs fencing to protect spectators and town plantings
Summary
Following reports of crowding and children wandering into the street this year, parks staff proposed installing fencing along the Halloween parade route (estimated $25,000) to protect public safety and town landscaping; council members were split over safety and preserving tradition and asked staff to refine placement, policing and outreach plans.
Council members and staff spent an extended portion of the March 17 work session debating proposed safety measures for Vienna's Halloween parade after staff reported this year's event featured extensive crowding and repeated incursions into the street.
Parks staff recommended installing crowd-control fencing along the parade route to keep spectators off the planted landscape beds and reduce the number of people standing in the travel lane. The cost estimate discussed by staff and council was approximately $25,000 for labor to deploy…
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