Media Contacts:  Officer Quintin Peterson (MPD) at (202) 727-4383; John Lisle (DDOT) at (202) 671-2004

(Washington, DC) The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has provided the following information regarding street closures and parking restrictions for the Spring Meetings of the IMF/World Bank Board of Governors this weekend.

Street Closures

Beginning at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 24, 2009 until 5 pm on Sunday, April 26, 2009, the following streets surrounding the IMF/World Bank will be closed to vehicular traffic (see map*):

• 18th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• 19th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• 20th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• G Street, NW from 18th Street to 20th Street
• H Street, NW (south side) from 18th Street to 20th Street

Parking Restrictions

No parking will be allowed on the following streets from 3 pm on Friday, April 24, 2009 until 6 am on Monday, April 27, 2009 (see map*):

• 18th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• 19th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• 20th Street, NW from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue
• G Street, NW from 18th Street to 20th Street
• H Street, NW (south side) from 18th Street to 20th Street
• Pennsylvania Avenue, NW from 18th Street to 20th Street

No parking will be allowed on the following streets from 7 pm on Friday, April 24, 2009 until 6 am on Monday, April 27, 2009 (see map*):

• 600 block of 18th Street, NW
• 600 block of 19th Street, NW
• 600 block of 20th Street, NW
• 2000 block of H Street, NW
• 1700 block of G Street, NW
• 2000 block of G Street, NW