If you're planning on attending any ofthe numerous events taking placein Toronto this long weekend — or just, you know, travelling around the city at all — you'll want to be mindful of the major road closures and congestion points that are inevitably going to lengthen any and all commutes.

The Toronto Police Service hasissued a special PSAcautioning residents and visitors of a particularly busy weekend of traffic due to the holiday Monday on top of theToronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Paradeand its associated celebrations.

The annual festival will take over chunks of arterial routes that will be blocked to all vehicular traffic from 12:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 until 7 a.m. on Sunday, August 6; mainly Lake Shore Blvd. W. from Fort York Blvd. to Colborne Lodge Dr., and Strachan Ave. southbound from Fleet St.

Some streets in the area will also be limited to local traffic:

• Lake Shore Blvd. W. westbound between Bathurst St. and Fort York Blvd.
• Dufferin St. south of King St. W.
• Dowling Ave. south of King St. W.
• Stadium Rd. south of Lake Shore Blvd W.
• Queens Quay W. west of Bathurst St.
• Springhurst Ave. west of Jameson Ave.
• Springhurst Ave. east of Jameson Ave.
• Remembrance Dr.

大量的入站和出站中的也将关闭as of 12:00 a.m. on Saturday morning:

• Westbound Gardiner Expressway on-ramp at Jameson Ave.
• Eastbound Gardiner Expressway off-ramp on Jameson Ave.
• Eastbound Gardiner Expressway on-ramps from Jameson Ave., and Lake Shore Blvd W. at British Columbia Rd.
• Westbound Gardiner Expressway off-ramp at Dunn Ave.
• Lake Shore Blvd W. from westbound Strachan Ave. to Parkside Dr., and eastbound Lake Shore Blvd W. from Colborne Lodge to Strachan Ave.
• The Princes’ Gates (from 1:00 a.m Saturday)

Drivers should be aware that their cars will be tagged and towed immediately if illegally parked on any streets in the area, and that parking enforcement will be out in full force.

The above closures are in addition to a ton of ongoing roadwork closing off streets all around the city, includingthe Dufferin Bridge, Queen Street Westbetween Bay and Victoria Streets, andBroadview Ave., which is reduced to just one northbound lane between Gerrard St. E and Danforth Ave.

Select lanes and shoulders are also being blocked off for some or all of the weekend:

• Don Valley Parkway South from York Mills Rd. to Bayview Ave., and the Bloor Don Valley Parkway Ramp for geotechnical borehole drilling
• Lake Shore Blvd. W. From Park Lawn Rd. To Legion Rd. for bridge flushing
• Lake Shore Blvd. E. from near Cherry St. to west of the Don Roadway for emergency bent repairs
• Lake Shore Blvd. W. From Spadina Ave. To Rees St. for concrete chipping
• Lake Shore Blvd. E. from west of the Don Roadway to Cherry St. for cable inspections
• Lake Shore Blvd. E. From Cherry St. to Carlaw Ave. for Don River Bridge construction

There are no scheduled subway closures in the coming days, thankfully, and crowds are being encouraged to use public transit to get to wherever they're going, especially as service is being ramped up for Carnival.

Other largescale happenings include theVELDmusic festival,Scarborough RibFest,Toronto Patty Fest,We Are Lost festival,theToronto Diversity Festival, fireworks atCanada's Wonderland, andQueens of the Stone Age.

As always, City of Toronto'sRoad RestrictionsandExpressway & Lake Shore Boulevard Closurespages provide lists of obstructions for residents to keep in mind, while theTTC Service Alerts Twitteraccount shares real-time TTC interruptions.