BMO Marathon happening in Vancouver

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A good weekend for runners, a bad one for drivers. Over 18,000 runners will be taking over Vancouver roads this weekend for the BMO Marathon.

Considering the race starts at Queen Elizabeth Park, makes its way to Point Grey and ends in Stanley Park, a lot of roads will be closed Sunday.

Marathon organizer Charlene Krepiakevich says they’ve worked closely with City engineers to make things as painless as possible for drivers.

“We have a rolling road closures so we don’t shut everything down for the whole day. We try to open up the roads as quickly as we can after the runners have past certain intersections as safely as we can,” she explains.

But she admits things will still be slow. “The best way to get in and around the city on Sunday is to use Main Street. Main Street is not impacted, that is sort of north-south and going east-west Sixth Avenue is not impacted.”

And it’s not just for the athletes – she says they expect up to have up to 90,000 spectators lining the route.

For a full list of road closures click here.

(www.bmovanmarathon.ca)

 

 

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