Parking, public transportation options for Celebrate Mansfield

Sep. 23—STORRS MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Downtown Partnership released information Tuesday about the various parking and public transportation options available for this year's Celebrate Mansfield Festival.

Parking for the festival will be available in the Downtown Storrs Parking Garage, which is located at 33 Royce Circle. Parking in the garage will be free throughout the festival. The parking garage will be accessible via Charles Smith Way to Wilbur Cross Way then Elsie Marsh Way to Royce Circle.

Additional parking will be available in the E. O. Smith High School parking lots and in the Mansfield Town Hall parking lot.

On- street parking will be available on Storrs Road. Additional parking will be available in the University of Connecticut Lot R ( off Maple Lane, near the School of Fine Arts). Any and all signed restrictions apply in UConn lots during the event.

Parking in the lots at E.O. Smith, town hall, UConn as well as on-street parking are all free during the festival.

Bus service to Downtown Storrs will be available during the festival with some detours and adjusted stops.

There will be no bus service at the Nash- Zimmer Transportation Center. Instead, CT transit will pick up riders at the bus stop on Storrs Road in front of Price Chopper, while Peter Pan bus lines will pick up riders at the bus stop located on Storrs Road in front of E.O. Smith High School.

UConn's Campus Loop will service the Price Chopper and Buckley stops.

The closest Windham Region Transit District stops will be Shippee Hall, E. O. Smith, Price Chopper or the Mansfield

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