Approximately 18 000 runners are gearing up for the 2022 edition of the Cape Town Marathon
Approximately 18 000 runners are gearing up for the 2022 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, this weekend.
The flagship 42,2 km marathon, which is in its 15th
year, takes place on Sunday, 16 October 2022, will be the first year of the
race evaluation for the Abbott World Marathon Majors.
The City of Cape Town announced that the race, through some
of the city's iconic landmarks and most scenic landscape, will have a modified
route with the start moved from Fritz Sonneberg Road (in front of DHL Stadium)
to Helen Suzman Boulevard.
For the first time ever, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
athletes will be running on the elevated freeway and the N2, to join the
Southern Suburbs.
The candidacy comes with a revised route that will see
traffic interruptions in some areas.
As a result of the revised route, the outbound lanes on
Buitengracht Street between Helen Suzman Boulevard and Dock Road will be closed
to traffic between 05:30 and 07:30. There will also be comprehensive road
closures on Long Street from 06:30 until 13:00. No parking will be allowed on
Long Street. Additionally, the outbound lanes on Nelson Mandela Boulevard
between Dock Road and Searle Street will be closed from 04:30 until 09:00.
The flagship marathon will be preceded by 10km and 5km
peace runs as well as the two trail runs on Saturday. There will be temporary
and rolling road closures in the Green Point and Sea Point areas on Saturday.
The City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and
Security, JP Smith, said traffic officials will be deployed in the critical
intersections and will be working with race marshals along the routes to ensure
motorists as well as residents can move through various detours.
The complete list of road closures is available here: https://bit.ly/3SHQZe9
You can also view the live road closures map on race day
here: https://cpt-marathon.herokuapp.com/
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