Update: These roads will close for Cayce-West Columbia holiday parade Sunday

Update: the parade times are now on Sunday

Drivers trying to get across town in Cayce or West Columbia should consider other routes Sunday evening when much of 12th Street will close for the annual Holiday Parade of Lights.

12th Street will close at 1 p.m. between Poplar and Frink streets in front of Cayce City Hall for a staging area for the parade, the city of Cayce announced.

Beginning at 4:15 p.m., West Columbia police will set up road blocks at U.S. 1 and Klapman Boulevard, while also closing 12th Street at Knox Abbott Drive. Also closed will be the intersections of Augusta Road and 13th Street, as well as Charleston Highway and Meeting Street.

The parade will run up 12th Street to U.S. 1 beginning at 5:30 p.m. until around 7 p.m. Traffic will be redirected and drivers are advised to plan an alternate route during those hours.

This story was originally published December 11, 2021 at 9:42 AM.

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