San Antonio area authorities are warning residents of the potential for heavy traffic on Wednesday, October 7. Amid President Donald Trump’s appearance at a mid-term\u00a0rally at the Freeman Coliseum, road closures will occur\u00a0without notice.<\/p>\n
Doors to the venue, located at 3201 E. Houston Street, open at 2:30 p.m. The event begins at 6 p.m., with opening remarks kicking off the evening. Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican congressional candidate Carlos De La Cruz will also speak, according to The Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n A deputy with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) tells MySA that there will be significant law enforcement in the area, and road closures will take place intermittently as needed. Officials say they can not give specifics on which roads will be closed, nor the exact timing of them.<\/p>\n “Commuters are strongly advised to avoid the area due to heavy congestion associated with large events,” BCSO said. “Delays should be expected.”<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) told MySA that for security reasons, it also can not disclose information on planned closures or detours. They added that if they occur, they will be momentary and deferred requests for additional information to the Secret\u00a0Service and the BCSO.<\/p>\n A protest against Trump and\u00a0Paxton<\/a> is planned at 4:30 p.m. across the street from the Freeman Coliseum, according to the Bexar County Democratic Party’s Facebook post.\u00a0This will also likely cause congestion and holdups for drivers. The protest’s end time is listed<\/a> as 6:30 p.m., and it takes\u00a0place across from Lots 1 and 2.<\/p>\n Those partaking in ride\u2011share services for the Freeman Coliseum will be directed to the east side of the Frost Bank Center parking lots, between Lots 3 and 4, unless otherwise instructed, the BCSO says.<\/p>\n Authorities say that if and once the building reaches capacity, additional attendees will be asked to leave the premises. Law enforcement will not monitor where those who are escorted off the property go from there.<\/p>\n “We ask the public to exercise their First Amendment rights respectfully and in compliance with Texas law,” the BCSO said. “Individuals may be present in any public area, not on the roadway, unless their actions create a breach of the peace, in which case law enforcement must take appropriate action to maintain public safety.”<\/p>\n The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) deferred MySA’s request for comment on planned closures or interruptions\u00a0to local law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio area authorities are warning residents of the potential for heavy traffic on Wednesday, October 7. Amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[847,820,59494,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-459021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysanews","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}