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Road Closures: Lakeshore West
ATTENTION—ROAD CLOSURES
Sunday 30th September 2007 (5:00am–11:00am)
8th Annual Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon & Charity Challenge
Dear Lakeshore Boulevard West residents and business owners:
I'm writing to advise you of our 8th Annual Waterfront Marathon and Charity Challenge on the morning of 30th September.
This year, we expect over 12,000 runners from more than 30 countries to come and make a multi-million dollar impact on the city.
As well, they will raise over three quarters of a million dollars for 45 different Toronto charities. (See Charity Challenge page)
As always, we are working very closely with the City, the Police, the TTC, and the seven City Councillors with Waterfront Wards that the event passes through, to minimize disruptions and inconveniences.
Please peruse the following information carefully, to familiarize yourself with the closures and the detours we have put in place to minimize delays, and share the information with your residents and customers.
Important Access Information:
- As always, there will be one lane (curb-lane Eastbound) from Windermere to Ontario Place, for access and egress to/from the Boulevard Club, the Legion, the Argonaut Rowing Club, and Ontario Place, with a pay duty officer at each end and more in the middle, to allow for east and westbound traffic in the one lane
- Uninterrupted access to the CNE from the Gardiner/Jamieson Ave and British Columbia Drive
- PLEASE NOTE: all runners will be off Lakeshore Boulevard, from Windermere to Bay Street, by 11am
Street Closures:
- Lakeshore Boulevard from Windermere to Don Roadway—from 5am to 11am West of Bay St., and from 5am to 1pm from Bay to Don Roadway
- Downtown: the Start and Finish, as always, are at Metro Hall, at Wellington and Simcoe. Motorists should avoid this area, and Wellington from John to Bay, and Bay from Wellington to Lakeshore from 5am to 1pm.
- Downtown access from the Gardiner will be via Spadina ramps, uninterrupted all day, and East-West travel should proceed on Adelaide and Richmond without delays.
Get involved and help our charities raise money: Oasis Neighbourhood Challenge
Each of the 10 neighbourhoods along the route will be providing entertainment for the runners and spectators. On the morning of the 30th, a team of celebrity judges will determine which neighbourhood has built the best Oasis Neighbourhood Entertainment and Cheering Centre—who has the most vibrant neighbourhood on the Waterfront.
The Marathon will then present $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 cheques to the charities associated with the top 3 ONCs!
Please encourage all your residents/customers to come out and enjoy the fun on the 30th, especially at one of the ONC locations, and to definitely put a pledge on their favourite runner, to help a neighbourhood charity!
Sincerely,
Alan Brookes
Race Director