The State Fair has seen tremendous growth in attendance in the last four to five years and officials this year are hopeful that 200-thousand people will take in the Fair. Another thing that has grown, is parking issues around the State Fairgrounds. One common makeshift parking lot this year is being taken out of play…
Huron Police Chief Gary Will, Jr. says the Canadian Pacific Railway is sending one of it’s own police officer to enforce the parking and trespassing violations…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/08/stfairparkingnono2.mp3|titles=stfairparkingnono2]Huron police wrote approximately 150 parking violations in the time frame around last year’s State Fair
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/08/stfairparkingnono3.mp3|titles=stfairparkingnono3]Will says use of Free Shuttle Buses from a number of larger parking lots in Huron is a fair goer’s best option…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/08/stfairparkingnono4.mp3|titles=stfairparkingnono4]Huron police will be joining the Beadle County Sheriff and South Dakota Highway Patrol with saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints during the State Fair and Labor Day weekend. The Highway Patrol is bring additional troopers to Huron for the State Fair.