The Schuylkill YMCA Spirit Sprint is set to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in Pottsville. Due to the 5K road race fundraising event, which is benefiting the Schuylkill YMCA, Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said the following temporary parking restrictions will be in place:
No parking from 8 p.m. Friday until the end of the event Saturday in the 500 and 600 blocks of North Centre Street.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, no vehicular traffic will be permitted on the following streets until the end of the race: 500 and 600 blocks of North Centre Street; Peacock Street; Walter Griffith Avenue; North 16th Street, between Mount Hope Avenue and First Avenue; and York Farm Road, from 16th Street to the entrance to the JFK Pool Complex.