Service Changes For This Year's Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade

Kenner LA

20 March, 2022

12:03 AM

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Press release from the Jefferson Parish Government: March 17, 2022 JEFFERSON, LA - Jefferson Parish Transit has announced service changes for this year's Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade, which will roll at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2022. E1 Veterans-Airport bus service will be impacted as follows: Please note, bus detours will go into effect 2 hours before the parade begins. Once the parade clears, all routes will return to normal service. This year's Irish-Italian Parade, a Jefferson Parish staple since 1983, will roll down Veterans Boulevard on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at noon. The parade will begin at Veterans and Houma Boulevard, turn down Severn Avenue to 18th Street, return to Veterans and end at Martin Behrman Drive. Restaurateur Desi Vega will serve as the 2022 Italian Grand Marshal and John Theriot, managing partner of Malcolm M. Dienes, LLC, will serve as the 2022 Irish Grand Marshal of the parade, which features walking clubs, traditional floats and truck floats. To stay updated on any temporary delays or irregularities with bus and streetcar lines, visit www.JPTransit.org and use the following tools: Trip Planner, Service Nearby and Service Alerts. This press release was produced by the Jefferson Parish Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.