LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — As the best of the best take to their drivers, drivers heading to the green at the Women’s U.S. Open in Lancaster County will be seeing a lot of red, blue, and orange.
"The idea is to minimize the traffic impacts to the area while still creating a safe environment for the heavy amount of traffic that's going to be flowing through the area," said Sergeant Barry Waltz the Manheim Township Police Department Public Information Officer.
Manheim Township Police, East Lampeter Township Police, and Pennsylvania State Police will be controlling traffic throughout the duration of the tournament.
Waltz, who has been with the Department for nearly two decades, says law enforcement looked back to the 2015 tournament’s traffic plan to improve this year’s approach.
"This time it's going to be better, we're tweaking it, of fixing where we saw some failures nine years ago," Waltz said. "Hopefully everything's gonna go super smooth."
Eastbound traffic on New Holland Pike will be limited to people with passes and shuttle buses from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. through the tournament.
Alternate routes are marked, and drivers are encouraged to be prepared.
"As long as you plan accordingly, the impact to daily drivers hopefully will be minimal.
The other thing drivers want to be mindful of is parking.
If you don’t have a pass, general parking is at Penn Cinema next to the Lancaster Airport and ride share services are directed to Calvary Church on Landis Valley Road.
Both locations have shuttles to Lancaster Country Club.