Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination - Traffic and Transport Guide

Cycling Road Race

Venue

Royal Botanic Gardens

Familiarisation date

Saturday 25 March 2006, 8.00am to 10.00am

Competition dates

Sunday 26 March 2006, 9.00am to 6.00pm

Transport overview

The Cycling Road Race will be held around Melbourne's Royal Botanical Gardens, along the edge of the Yarra River and through the steep surrounds of Punt Road Hill, south of the CBD. The course is approximately 11 kilometres and easily accessible via public transport. Athletes will familiarise themselves with the course on Saturday and the race will occur on Sunday. Residential Permit Parking arrangements that exist prior to the Games will remain in operation during the Games. (A Special Event Parking Permit will be in operation for identified City of Stonnington residents. For further information contact the City of Stonnington on 9290 1333.) While Permit holders retain their rights under that permit, they are still required to comply with any Games-related temporary parking restrictions operating in that area. (No Stopping/Tow-Away zones apply to all vehicles)

All Road Event courses were publicly announced in July 2005. Approximately 150,000 booklets containing course routes and event dates and details were distributed throughout local communities where Road Events are taking place. There will be ongoing communications in the lead up to the Games to help communities fully understand the local arrangements that will be put in operation.

Affected roads

The roads in and around the Cycling Road Race will be affected at different times with different conditions. The following is a summary of roads affected.

Road Closures - Saturday 25 March and Sunday 26 March(Saturday starts at midnight)

Facility	Saturday 25^th March	Sunday 26^th March
Birdwood Avenue	24 hrs from midnight	24 hrs from midnight
Linlithgow Avenue (between Govt House Drive and Linlithgow Avenue)	24 hrs from midnight	24 hrs from midnight
Linlithgow Avenue (between St Kilda Road and Alexandra Avenue)	midnight to midday	midnight - 7.00pm
Govt House Drive (Local Access Only)	24 hrs from midnight	24 hrs from midnight
Anzac Avenue	24 hrs from midnight	24 hrs from midnight
Boathouse Drive	Closed for entire Games period	Closed for entire Games period
Swan Street Bridge	4.00am to midday	4.00am to 1.00am (Mar 27)
City Road / Alexandra Avenue (Southbank Boulevard to Swan Street Bridge)	4.00am to midday	4.00am to 7.00pm
Alexandra Avenue (Swan Street Bridge to Punt Road)	Midnight to midday	midnight to 7.00pm
Alexandra Avenue (Punt Road to Chapel Street)	2.00am to midday	2.00am to 7.00pm
Punt Road	5.00am to midday	5.00am to 6.30pm
Domain Road (St Kilda Road to Domain Street)	2.00am to midday	2.00am to 8.00pm
Domain Road (Domain Street to Park Street)	2.00am to midday (north side only)	2.00am to 8.00pm (full road)
Domain Road (Park Street to Anderson Street)	midnight to midday	midnight to 8.00pm
Sturt Street (City Road to Kavanagh Street)	4.00am to midday	4.00am to 7.00pm

Other local roads affected by closures:

Facility	Saturday 25^th March	Sunday 26^th March

Davidson Street	5.00am to midday	5.00am to 6.30pm
Gordon Grove	5.00am to midday	5.00am to 6.30pm

Tivoli Place	5.00am to midday	5.00am to 6.30pm
Witchwood Close	5.00am to midday	5.00am to 6.30pm

Local access between Familiarisation session and Event

The following local streets will be closed for Familiarisation between midnight and midday on Saturday 25 March and for the event between midnight and 9.00pm on Sunday 26 March.

Anderson Street (Alexandra Avenue to Domain Road)
Caroline Street (Alexandra Avenue to Shipley Street)
Clowes Street (Walsh Street to Anderson Street)
Darling Street (Alexandra Avenue to Domain Road)
Dobson Street
Domain Road (Punt Road to Darling Street)
Fairlie Court
Lawson Grove
Northhampton Place
St Leonard's Court
Shipley Street (Punt Road to Caroline Street)
Walsh Street (Alexandra Avenue to Clowes Street)

Local Access Only

"Local Access Only" will apply to these streets for 48 hours from 12.01am Saturday 25 March to 11.59pm Sunday 26 March.

Acland Street (access via Walsh Street)
Adams Street
Airlie Street (access via Walsh Street)
Arnold Street
Avoca Street (Station Street to Domain Street)
Bromby Street
Caroline Street (Station Street to Shipley Street)
Claremont Street
Clowes Street (Walsh Street to Punt Road - access via Walsh Street)
Darling Street (Station Street to Domain Street)
Day Street
Domain Street
Emmerton Place
Hope Street* (access via Day Street)
Kurneh Place
Leopold Street*
Little Park Street
Marne Street
Mason Street
Millswyn Place
Millswyn Street
Mona Place
Murphy Street (Station Street to Domain Street)
Park Street
Randall Place
Southgate Avenue*
St Martin's Lane
St Martin's Place
The Righi (access via Walsh Street)
Vinebank Lane (access via Walsh Street
Walsh Street (Toorak Road to Clowes Street)
Yarra Street

*Special arrangements will be put in place for the one-way sections of these streets.

No stopping / tow-away zones

A number of areas in and around the course will have No Stopping / Tow-Away restrictions. Please pay close attention to parking signage in the days before, during and after this event to ensure vehicles are not left in restricted areas.

Venue transport arrangements

Facility	Available access
Parking	No public parking
Accessible drop off / pick up	St Kilda Road southbound, at Anzac Avenue
Taxi rank	Domain Road interchange, northbound service lane at Albert Road
Charter coach drop off / pick up	St Kilda Road, southbound service lane, from Princes Bridge to south of Linlithgow Avenue
Sponsor coach drop off / pick up	St Kilda Road southbound service lane, west of the Shrine

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