Africa-Press – South-Africa. Approximately 21 000 runners, including some of Africa’s top athletes, will take on the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on Sunday.
Setting off outside the DHL Stadium, 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.
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The race will also pass some of the Mother City’s iconic landmarks, including Rondebosch Common, District Six, the Castle of Good Hope and City Hall among others.
The extensive race route will result in a number of 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.
MyCiTi Deviations
The marathon will also impact service on a number of 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
For more information on the MyCiTi service disruption, visit myciti.org.za
Park and RideRunners and spectators going to the finish area on Vlei Road are reminded there will be little to no access to parking in the Green Point Precinct and a number of 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, CTICC (paid) and the Civic Centre.
There will be a shuttle from Century City’s Long March to Freedom parking facility to the Green Point Precinct between 04:00 am and 04:30 am.
The return bus will ferry athletes back to their vehicles at Century City between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm.
At UCT, a bus service will take athletes to Green Point from the Shuttle North Stop between 04:00 am and 04:30 am.
The return bus service to UCT will operate between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm.
Theo Marais Park in Milnerton will have a shuttle to the Green Point Precinct operating between 04:00 am and 04:30 am.
Return buses will depart from the Stadium Station in Green Point between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm.
The shuttle between CTICC and Green Point will operate from 04:00 until 05:00, with the return buses between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm.
At the Civic Centre, the shuttle will run from 04:00 am until 05:00 am with the return buses between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm.
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