Road closures for SPAR Women’s 10km/5km races
Masabalala Yengwa Avenue will re-open at noon and all other main roads will be reopened by 11am, after the race.
IT’S time for Durban’s annual SPAR Women’s 10km/5km Race at Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead this Sunday, 7 June.
The race will begin on Masabalala Yengwa Avenue and trail through other roads in the area. These roads and link roads will therefore be closed for a few hours to accommodate the race.
The 10km starts at 8am in Masabalala Yengwa Avenue opposite Durmail, and the 5km starts in Masabalala Yengwa Avenue at the Somtseu Road intersection.
On the morning of the race, the intersections of Snell Parade/Athlone Drive, Stiebel Place/Lagoon Drive/Blue Lagoon Tunnel, Snell Parade/Battery Beach and Stiebel Place/Athlone Drive (east and west) will be closed from 2am.
The intersections of Battery Beach/Suncoast main entrance traffic circle (heading north), Battery Beach/Masabalala Yengwa Avenue and Isaiah Ntshangase/Masabalala Yengwa Avenue (south-bound) will be closed from 3am.
From 4am, the intersection of Masabalala Yengwa Avenue north-bound lane will be closed from KE Masinga to Argyle (one lane of traffic to remain open for access to the station and to Argyle Road). The intersection of the Arglye Road on-ramp to Masabalala Yengwa Avenue (north-bound) will also be closed.
Masabalala Yengwa Avenue will re-open at noon and all other main roads will be reopened by 11am, after the race. Both races will end at the Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead.
There are recommended areas for parking. Each of these parking areas has their own fee structure and are not contracted to the event. Participants and spectators may park at the International Convention Centre, which is undercover parking, and the recommended access point is on Bram Fischer Road. Centrum Parking opposite the Durban Exhibition Centre will be available and can be accessed via Samora Machel Street.
The Workshop centre, which provides both open and undercover parking, is another option and can be accessed from Samora Machel Street. Suncoast also has parking space and may be accessed from Sandile Thusi, then left into Sylvester Ntuli.
Parking is free of charge along the beachfront.
