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Parish Walk road closures Saturday June 26 23 June 2010 The Scottish Widows Parish Walk is taking place on Saturday June 26th starting at the NSC at 8am. This year there are extra road closures in place to ensure walker safety and improve traffic management. The A1 Peel Road will be closed to ALL traffic from the junction with the Strang Road at the Union Mills Post Office to the junction with Church Road by the Crosby Post Office starting at 8.20am and opening at 9am. All Parish Walk support vehicles are advised to head south on the main Castletown Road and park on the Oatlands Road or the Old Castletown Road both of which will be made one-way from 9.15am. There will be two official feed stations along the early part of the course that, with the other private feed stations that are provided by residents along the route, will be more than adequate to keep the walkers hydrated and fed. The organising committee are urging all motorists to be aware of the various road closures and restrictions and to be particularly vigilant on the weekend to watch out for walkers along the course that covers the whole Island and involves walkers continuing right throughout the night. There will be a temporary 30mph speed limit imposed on the road from Onchan to the Hibernia starting at 9pm Saturday June 26th and extending to 7am on Sunday June 27th. A similar 30mph speed limit will be in place on the Lezayre road from Ramsey to the Ginger Hall pub starting 5.30pm Saturday to 2am Sunday. Inspector Mark Britton of the Roads Policing Unit says: 'Officers from the Special Constabulary are taking the lion share of the work for assisting in closing the roads with the marshals of the Parish Walk. Officers from the Roads Policing Unit will also be on duty. I would like to remind the public that the decision to close the roads has been taken in conjunction with the race organisers and our partner agencies. We apologise for the inconvenience of any person and can assure people that this is done for the safety of the competitors. We will seek to minimise this disruption but people need to plan their journeys carefully on this weekend and take into account that there will be walkers on the road.' More information on the official website: www.parishwalk.com More stories >>>
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