The city government of Santo Domingo (AND) has announced the relocation of the Sunday carnival parades in February from Av. Jimenez Moya (Winston Churchill) to Av. Maximo Gomez from Av. 27 Febrero down to the Malecon (Av. George Washington). City council secretary general Andres Navarro said that Av. Maximo Gomez is wider and the Metro stations make it more easily accessible. He said the parades would flow north-south ending at the Malecon, as reported in Diario Libre.