As Grenada prepares to host the 53rd edition of the CARIFTA Games in 2026, the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has announced a full set of adjusted traffic regulations to keep movement orderly around the event’s primary venue, the Kirani James Athletic Stadium. The special arrangements will run from Saturday, April 4 to Monday, April 6, 2026, and will be enforced daily between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
To guide inbound vehicle traffic to the stadium, all motorists heading to the venue will be required to access the site via two designated routes: the Queen’s Park Ring Road starting from its intersection with Cherry Hill in St. George, and the Hump Back Bridge connection to River Road Public Road. Once daily competition concludes, no vehicles will be permitted to enter the venue area at all. Critically, the RGPF has emphasized that no entry will be granted to motorists approaching the stadium from the Mt Gay or Mt Rush directions.
Several additional road sections will be completely closed to vehicle traffic throughout the event. These include Old Fort public road starting from its junction with Lucas Street, Cemetery Hill from its intersection with Church Street, and the section of the Ring Road stretching from the Mt Rush Public Road junction toward Humpback Bridge.
To accommodate all attendees and personnel, the RGPF has rolled out a segmented parking plan tailored to different groups. VIPs will be allocated parking in the concrete paved zone directly in front of the Kirani James Athletic Stadium, while official event personnel will park in the lot immediately to the left upon entering the stadium grounds. Media outlets, catering vendors, and senior police officers working on-site during the games will use the grass parking area located on the left side of the main stadium car park entrance. Performers participating in activities at the event’s Culture Village will park at the rear of the National Cricket Stadium near the River Road end, an area typically reserved for VIP parking. Buses carrying athletes and team management staff will be assigned parking at Gate 6, immediately to the left of the entrance.
For general spectators, two public parking zones have been designated: the Wesley College ground, and the right side of Gate 6 upon entry. Multiple high-traffic areas around the venue have been marked as no-parking zones to prevent congestion, including Melville Street from the Fish Market to Keep Left, the stretch from Keep Left to Cherry Hill (including the entire Queen’s Park Public Road), the section from the Cemetery Hill and River Road intersection to Purcell’s Lumber Yard, both sides of the stadium ring road, and Mt Rush public road from its junction with the Stadium Ring Road up to the start of the hill.
At the end of each day’s events, three major roads will be converted to one-way traffic flow to ease post-event exit congestion: River Road public road will only allow travel toward the DeCaul roundabout, Mt Rush public road will be one-way toward Mt Gay, and Mortley Hill will only permit travel toward Sans Souci.
The RGPF also confirmed a pre-planned emergency access route: all emergency response vehicles will travel along Cemetery Hill, Church Street, and Grand Etang Road to reach the General Hospital if needed. This announcement was officially released from the Office of the Commissioner of Police.