Ottawa Residents

Ottawa Race Weekend For Residents Sunday May 27^th - Exit strategies

• The race route will be closing on Sunday morning (May 27^th) between 0600 and 0700.
• Residents wishing to cross the route on race morning should consider approaching one of the intersections manned by Police.  There may be some delays (once runners are on course)but police will try to get cars across as soon as possible.
• With the heaviest runner traffic during the race, cars will not be able to get across the route
  Emergency vehicles will still have access as required and will be coordinated through the race command post
• If residents must drive during the heaviest runner traffic they might consider parking their car outside the route the night before and walking across the route in the morning.
• The route will reopen after the last runners have cleared the section and water stations are cleaned up.

Crossing points

Even during peak runner traffic there are several options for crossing the route which will remain open at all times

• Downtown – MacKenzie Bridge – to avoid Sussex/Wellington intersection or Laurier bridge
• Bank street and Bronson Bridges to avoid Queen Elizabeth and Colonel By.
• 417 at east bound at Parkdale  and Westbound at Rochester  to avoid Westboro closures

Locations

Westboro 

Fairmont/Sherwood

Times of heaviest runner traffic 0730-0830 and 0930-1030

Police locations at Gladstone and Fairmont/Sherwood

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Wellington West (from Fairmont to Island Park)

Times of heaviest runner traffic -0730-0830 and 0930-1030
Police locations at Holland, Parkdale,  Island Park

 

Richmond(Island Park – Churchill)

Times of heaviest runner traffic – 0740-0840

Police locations Kirkwood

Access to Real Canadian Superstore via Byron/Kirkwood

Scott (Churchill to Island park)

Open westbound to traffic

Times of heaviest runner traffic -740-0840

Police at Churchill, West Village Private and Island Park

 

Scott (Island Park to Holland)

Open east bound to traffic

Times of heaviest runner traffic – 0745-0850

Police at Island Park, Northwestern, Grange and Holland

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New Edinburgh

Sussex and Rockliffe Parkway closed so exit to Beechwood to St Patrick to get downtown

Heaviest runner traffic 850-1100

Crichton open southbound to traffic

Police on Crichton at Dufferin and Beechwood

Beechwood open in both directions with runners using coned off north curbside lane

Police On Beechwood  at McKay, Springfield, Putman/Marier and Acacia

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Rockliffe

Sussex and Rockliffe Parkway closed so exit to Beechwood/Hemlock to get downtown

Heaviest runner traffic 850-1100

Hemlock closed westbound only – downtown access going east on Hemlock to St Laurent and Montreal road

Police on Hemlock at Acacia, Lansdowne, Whitemarl

Birch closed for runners

Heaviest runner traffic 850-1100

Police at Sandridge and Birch