With the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon taking place this weekend with trail and peace runs on Saturday and the main marathon on Sunday, here are road closures you need to know about.
Approximately 21,000 runners including some of Africa’s top athletes, will be taking part in the main marathon.
This will be set off outside the DHL Stadium and the race will take the athletes on a 42.2 km route to Newlands via Nelson Mandela Boulevard, passing through Woodstock, Salt River and Mowbray before heading back to the city centre, Sea Point and finishing on Vlei Road in Green Point.
Mayoral committee member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith said he hopes residents and visitors will come out to show support to athletes this weekend.
“The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is one of the premier events on the Mother City’s annual calendar and it is now on the cusp of a global achievement. We have mobilised our staff to assist in making this a possibility in the planning phase and on race day. Our Events Coordinating Committee has worked with the marathon’s management for months to finalise a route fit for an Abbott World Marathon Majors race, and our safety and security personnel are prepared to ensure the race route is protected while also putting measures in place for residents to continue their Sunday routines without too much inconvenience. This is a race for Cape Town and we hope residents and visitors near the route will come out to show support to the runners,” Smith said.
The extensive race route will result in road closures in several suburbs, including the CBD, Green Point, District Six, Sea Point, Woodstock, Salt River, Observatory, Mowbray, Claremont, Rondebosch and Newlands.
A number of roads along the marathon route in these areas have been designated no parking areas. Any vehicles parked there will be towed away.
A comprehensive list of the road closures and no parking areas for the marathon is available here.
MyCiTi deviations
The marathon will also impact service on several MyCiTi routes on Sunday.
The following routes will be impacted:
- 101 - Vredehoek - Gardens - Civic Centre
- 111 - Vredehoek - Gardens - Civic Centre
- 102 - Salt River Rail - Walmer Estate - Civic Centre
- 103 - Oranjezicht - Gardens - Civic Centre
- 105 - Sea Point - Fresnaye - Civic Centre
- 107 - Camps Bay (anticlockwise) - Civic Centre
- 108 - Hangberg - Hout Bay Harbour - Sea Point
- 109 - Hout Bay Beach - Imizamo Yethu - Sea Point – Adderley
- 113 - Upper Kloof Street - Adderley – Waterfront
- 261 - Century City Rail - Omuramba - Salt River - Adderley.
Park and Ride
Runners and spectators headed to the finish area on Vlei Road are reminded there will be little to no access to parking in the Green Point precinct and several roads in surrounds are designated as no parking spots.
It is encouraged that runners make use of the convenient park-and-ride system to avoid congestion heading to the precinct on the morning of the race.
Secure parking will be available at Century City, UCT, Theo Marais Park, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) which will be paid, and the Civic Centre.
A shuttle will be available from Century City’s Long March to Freedom parking facility to the Green Point precinct between 4am and 4.30am.
The return bus will ferry athletes back to Century City between 10am and 2pm.
At UCT, a bus service will take athletes to Green Point from the Shuttle North Stop between 4am and 4.30am.
The bus service will return to UCT between 10am and 2pm.
A shuttle from Theo Marais Park in Milnerton to the Green Point precinct will be operation between 4am and 4.30am.
Return buses will depart from the Stadium Station in Green Point between 10am and 2pm.
A shuttle will run from the Civic Centre from 4am until 5am and return between 10am and 2pm.