Ride for Sight: traffic alert
The biggest cycling event in Ekurhuleni will take place on Sunday, February 16, and organisers have sent out a note of caution to residents about traffic disruption between 5am and 1.30pm.
The Ride for Sight race will start and finish at the Boksburg City Stadium.
The North Bound side of Jubilee Road will be used for cyclists only and closed to vehicles. The South Bound side will be used for a two-way traffic road.
The route will then go west into Barry Marias and accesses the R554 via Essenhout and Keurboom streets. The route continues west on the R554 to Alberton and then turns south on the M61.
The cyclists return to Boksburg on the R23 and the R554 past Carnival City.
More than 5 000 cyclists will be using these roads and residents are advised to avoid using these roads if possible.
There will be cyclists on both sides of North Boundary Road [R554] for short periods in the Heidelberg, Leondale and the R103 roads between 8.15 and 10 am.
Claudette Medefindt, race secretary says: “Please use extreme caution as cyclists ride faster than you think – 30 to 40 km/h is not unusual. Come out and watch the cream of South Africa’s cyclists in action and give them a warm Ekurhuleni welcome.”
Late entries will be still be taken at Tour De Frans (Atlas Road) on Saturday, February 15, for the 62 km event and possibly for the 116km event – if available.
