MyCiTi service affected by Sanlam Cape Town Marathon

13 October 2023

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, taking place this weekend 14 and 15 October 2023, will result in road closures in the CBD, Atlantic Seaboard and the southern suburbs. This will also have a significant impact on the MyCiTi service over the weekend. 

As a result of the road closures on Saturday and Sunday, service on several MyCiTi routes will be cancelled or partially impacted.

Saturday, 14 October 2023

• Route 104 is cancelled from start of the service until 10:00 on Saturday, 14 October
  
   
  
  Sunday, 15 October 2023
  
   
• Route 113 is cancelled for the entire day. 
• Routes 101, 111, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107 and 261 are cancelled from the start of service until 13:00.
• The following stations on route T01 will be skipped in both directions from the start of service until 08:00: Thibault Square, Stadium, Granger Bay and Waterfront.
• Route 104 is cancelled from the start of service until 08:00 on Sunday, 15 October. From 08:00 to 14:30, route 104 will turn short at Waterfront station and the following stops and stations will be skipped in both directions: Breakwater, Somerset Hospital, Granger, Mouille Point, Surrey, Lighthouse, Three Anchor Bay, Rocklands, Promenade, London, Graaf's Pool, Boat Bay, Sea Point Pool, Cassel and Queens Beach.
• Routes 108 and 109 are cancelled from the start of service until 08:00. From 08:00 to 13:00, routes 108 and 109 will skip the following stops: Upper Portswood, Gallows Hill and Alfred.
  
   
  
  A comprehensive look at the MyCiTi deviations is available here: https://www.myciti.org.za/en/timetables/planned-service-disruptions/

Race Road Closure

The 42,2 km marathon will take athletes from the start line outside the DHL Stadium, out to Newlands via Nelson Mandela Boulevard passing through Woodstock, Salt River and Mowbray before reaching the CBD and Sea Point.

Due to the marathon, a number of roads in the CBD and surroundings will be closed periodically to traffic on Sunday, 15 October 2023.

'The City is deploying its safety and security services to assist in the management of logistics and safety in and around the event footprint. Traffic services will be working with event marshals at crucial intersections in various areas to ensure minimal disruptions to the movement of traffic, assisting residents to move through various detours while also safeguarding the race route. We would like to advise those who will be on the road during this time to please exercise patience and heed the signs for detours,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security Alderman JP Smith.

The following major arteries will be closed off to traffic at various times during the day between 05:00 and 14:30 on 15 October:

• Helen Suzman Boulevard (between Beach Road and Granger Bay Boulevard) – 06:00 to 14:30
• Beach Road (between Surrey Pl and Portswood Drive) -  04:00 to 08:00
• Three Anchor Bay Rd (between Main Road and Beach Road) - 06:00 to 14:00
• Beach Road (between Helen Suzman Boulevard and Queens Road) 03:00 to 14:30
• Fritz Sonnenberg Road (between Stephan Way and Beach Road) – 06:30 to 08:30
• Buitengracht Street (between Helen Suzman Boulevard and Dock Road) – 05:30 to 08:15
• Nelson Mandela Boulevard Outbound lanes (between Dock Road and Searle Street) - 05:00 to 09:00
• Newmarket Street (between Strand Street and Russell Street) -  06:15 to 12:15
• Long Street (between Riebeek and Strand streets) – 06:30 to 13:00
• Nelson Mandela Boulevard Onramp Hertzog Blvd Nelson Mandela Blvd 05:00 to 09:00
• Buitengracht Street (Riebeek Street Inbound and Somerset Rd Inbound Intersection closed) 06:45 to 12:30
• Sir Lowry / Victoria Rd Inbound Lanes (between Salt River Road and Searle Street  - 04:30 to 09:20
• Liesbeek Parkway/Malta Road (between Station Road and Lower Main Road) -  06:00 to 11:45
• Albert Road (between Salt River Circle and Lower Church Street)- 05:00 to12:00
• Letterstedt / Claremont Boulevard (between Main Road and Hawthorne Road) – 04:00 to10:00
• Campground Road (between Campground Rd / Pilland Road Circle and Park Road) – 06:15 to 11:00

Motorists are advised that no parking will be allowed on Long Street between Riebeek and Strand streets on the morning of the marathon.

Parking is also not allowed on Plein, St Johns and Hatfield Streets between Darling Street and Orange Street from 06:30 to 12:30

A complete list of road closures is available here

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City of Cape Town, Media Office