Road closures scheduled for 4-5 Dec. for marathon

The Cayman Islands Marathon takes place this Sunday, 5 Dec., from 4:30am to 11:30am.

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is advising of the following road closures, which will be in place from Saturday 4 Dec. to facilitate the event.

From 9pm on Saturday, 4 Dec. – 12pm on Sunday, 5 Dec.

1. Seafarers Way will be closed between Fort Street and Cardinall Avenue (local access will be permitted).
2. The junction of Seafarers Way and Goring Avenue will be closed to southbound traffic.
3. The junction of Shedden Road and Elgin Avenue (in the vicinity of RBC) will be closed to traffic
4. Warwick Drive will be closed to traffic.
5. The junction of South Church Street and Boilers Road Junction will be closed to  northbound traffic (local access will be permitted).

From 10.15 am to 11am on Sunday, 5 Dec.

1. Shedden Road, between Elgin Avenue and Seafarers Way, will be temporarily closed to facilitate the annual children’s race from the Government Administration Building to Warwick Drive.

The route for the Cayman Islands Marathon begins on Seafarers Way and participants travel south to South Sound Road, east onto Shamrock Road, and onto Prospect Point Road, before turning back and travelling west along Shamrock Road and South Sound Road, north onto Walkers Road, through Academy Way, back onto Walkers Road, and return to Seafarers Way via Hospital Road, Elgin Avenue, Edward Street and Fort Street.

Police ask that motorists travelling in these areas on Sunday be mindful of the safety of participants and volunteers, and follow the instructions of the marshals and police officers who will be on hand to direct local traffic along the route.