Two Oceans Marathon Road Closures

Posted Tue, 30 Mar 2010 (2 years ago)

It's almost that time of year again - Easter long weekend is around the corner and for Cape Town that means it's Two Ocean's Marathon time - "the most beautiful race in the world" which happens on Easter Saturday each year.

Herewith, for your information, the road closures for the day of the marathon, as published on the official website.

Notice is hereby given that the following roads will be closed on Easter Saturday 11 April 2009.

START TIMES: 21.1KM = 06H00; 56KM = 06H25

Road	Closure times
Main Road, Newlands (56 + 21.1km) both carriageways Between Klipper Road and Letterstedt Road, Claremont	04h00 to 06h45
Main Road – Newlands to Plumstead (56+21km) both carriageways Athletes will be moved from both sides of the road to the left at Constantia Road(56) or the right at Aliwal Road (21.1km)	05h30 to 07h15
Main Road – Plumstead – Lakeside (Boyes Drive turn-off) (56) Closed to Southbound traffic	06h30 to 08h15
Aliwal, Carr Hill, Waterloo and Bower Roads (21.1km) Closed both South and Northbound	05h30 to 07h15
Constantia Road to Parish River Road (21.1km) Closed to Westbound and Eastbound traffic	05h30 to 07h45
Spaanschemat River Road (21.1km) Spaanschemat River road will be closed from Constantia Road to Ladies Mile Extension as well as Doordrift Road at the traffic light Intersection and Kendal Road from the M3 to Spaanschematriver road	05h30 to 08h00
Parish Road, Constantia (21.1km)	06h15 to 08h30
Southern Cross Drive (21.1km) From Hermina Avenue to Rhodes Drive	06h15 to 09h00
Main Road, Muizenberg to Fish Hoek (56) Motorists traveling south & north will be diverted over Boyes Drive to Claivaux Road and then a stop-go system to Clovelly Road	07h00 to 09h15
Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek (56) From Fish Hoek Circle to Corsair Drive, Sun Valley, motorists will be directed to a single lane traveling both West and East	07h00 to 09h30
Corsair Drive, Sun Valley (56)	07h00 to 10h00
Ou Kaapse Weg (56) From Steenberg Road southbound, From corner of Silvermine Road and Ou Kaapse Weg southbound, Northbound traffic will be directed via Buller Louw to Ou Kaapse Weg Expect delays. Stop-go system runners/cars after 09h30	07h00 to 09h30

Noordhoek Main Road (56) Northbound traffic from Ou Kaapse Weg to Chapman’s Peak	07h00 to 10h30
Silvermine Road (56) From Noordhoek Main Road to Ou Kaapse Weg	07h00 to 10h30
Chapman’s Peak Drive (56) Chapman’s Peak Drive will be closed to traffic from 03h30 No spectators allowed.	07h00 to 12h00
Hout Bay Main Road from Chapman’s Peak to Victoria Road Circle(56) Traffic coming into Hout Bay will be detoured away from Victoria Rd Circle to Valley and then Disa River Roads. Runners will be on the Right side of the road.	07h30 to 11h30
Hout Bay Road from Victoria Road Circle to Disa River Road (56) Totally closed to traffic. Runners will be on the left side of the road	07h45 to 12h00
Hout Bay Road from Disa River Road to Constantia Nek (56) A convoy system for motorists will operate under the direction of the traffic department. Runners will be on the left side of the road	07h45 to 12h15
Rhodes Drive from Constantia Nek to Canterbury Road Circle (56 + 21.1km) (both carriageways)	06h00 to 13h00
Rhodes Drive from Canterbury Road Circle to Union Ave (56+21) Traffic may only travel south. Runners on the left side of the road Please note- Kirstenbosch Gardens & Restaurant will be accessible to the public	06h30 to 13h30
Union Avenue to UCT (56 + 21) Inner lane will be coned from athletes whilst the outer lane will remain open at all times for motorists traveling to Cape Town. Please drive cautiously. Please note – Rhodes Memorial Restaurant will be accessible to the public.	06h30 to 14h00

Traffic proceeding to the City will be diverted through Fish Hoek along Main road to Kalk Bay and then along Boyes Drive to Lakeside. From there drivers will be directed to the Blue Route (M3).

Residents in the following areas are requested not to park along the route and to use alternative side streets for the duration of the race:

Between Klipper and San Souci Roads
From Atlantic Road, Muizenberg through to St James and Kalk Bay until the police station just past Clovelly Road in Fish Hoek.
Kommetjie Road from 17th Avenue through to the Fish Hoek Circle (runners will be running towards Sun Valley facing the traffic within one lane which will be coned off).

1 Response to Two Oceans Marathon Road Closures

For next year I would suggest that you include in the road closure for Hout Bay that all inter leading small roads into the main road will be closed until a certain time. e.g from 7.30am to 11.30am.
I was a spectator this morning and watched people arguing with the marshal that they could not get in nor out of Penzance Avenue. This is the only road out of Penzance into the main road and the residence get quite strop-pie at times. May be even have a notice at the bottom of the road giving the closure times. This is not the first time that this has happened. The argument this morning was that on the net it did not say Penzance road would be closed.This may apply to other parts of road closures as well people can be self centered at times and need to be fed like babies. Thanks for the coverage on TV and all the work you put into this race much appreciated even though I am not a runner. Regards LorraineSchwartz

By Lorraine Schwartz (13 months ago)