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Town prepares full stadium detail after gridlock at recent practices and upcoming game
Summary
Board members reported extensive traffic gridlock near the stadium during recent practice and briefed plans to deploy a full stadium-detail public-safety staffing for an upcoming preseason game that coincides with the Erie County Fair. Officials urged residents to plan travel routes and noted coordination with police, dispatch and IT.
Town officials described heavy gridlock during a recent red-and-blue practice and warned that an upcoming preseason game — expected to be essentially sold out and coinciding with the Erie County Fair — will likely generate similar congestion. The town will deploy a full stadium detail of police, dispatchers and IT staff to manage ingress and egress.
"We will have a full stadium detail deployed," an official said, adding thanks to officers and dispatchers volunteering to staff the event (S7). Officials encouraged attendees to plan arrival and departure routes to avoid adding to congestion and to leave extra time; they also noted that fair traffic will compound the situation and recommended that non-attendees bypass the area where possible to preserve emergency-response access.
