This weekends Tropical Journeys Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival will bring millions of dollars to Port Douglas business but will it affect the residents?

"We hope not" says organiser Bruno Bennett of Port Douglas Event Management. "We have always tried to make the event as low impact as possible." 

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"We apologise in advance to those who are inconvenienced by any of the closures and hope they can see the overall benefits of the event for the region".

"We want to make sure people know that any of the manned closures will have traffic controllers present to allow access to residents."

TOTAL CLOSURE:

- THE ESPLANADE: 9am Friday 26 October - 2:00pm Sunday 28 October


MANNED CLOSURES:

- Mowbray St between the Esplanade & Garrick Street: 4am - 10:30pm Sunday 28 October
- Garrick St between Mowbray & Beryl St: 4am - 10:30pm Sunday 28 October
- Mowbray River Rd from Glengarry Big 4 to The Bump Track 4am - 10:30pm Sunday 28 October

* These partial closures will be manned by traffic control.
* Corner of Mowbray River Rd / Connolly Road to Spring Creek & Tresize Rd is NOT AFFECTED by this event.
* LOCAL RESIDENTS ONLY*: 4am - 10:30am Sunday 28 October (Race Day)
* Please note if you can avoid travel between peak period of 7:30 - 10:00am would be appreciated


CAUTION RUNNERS:

Residents please take care when travelling in the following areas between 7:30am - 12:30pm due to Event in Progress.

- Solander Boulevard - Bougainvillia Way - Nautilus Street - Beor St (Port Pacific Estate)
- Little Reef Street - The Sunbird Centre - Palmer Sea Reef - Sheraton Mirage Resort
- Mitre Street - Port Douglas Road - Old Port Road - Captain Cook Highway (Craiglie)

**Please NOTE: Port Douglas Road, Davidson Street and the Captain Cook Highway ARE NOT CLOSED**


TRANSFER INFORMATION:

Access to Beaches & Mowbray by the Sea will need to be via Garrick Street.
Residents on Garrick Street will have access in and out of their streets.
Residents on Sands Street will need to speak with Traffic Marshall for access - although it is preferred not to occur between 7:30am - 10:30am as
that is the height of runners in the area.

PARKING: Will be available in Reynolds Park from the corner of Davidson St & Blake St - alternatively at the Community Centre on Mowbray St.

Please encourage your guests to come down, join in the fun. The more the merrier!
Registrations taken for all distances on the day. Join us and #runforthereef

The team at the Tropical Journeys Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival would like to thank you for your support during this annual event and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

If you have any questions about the road closures please contact Mick on 0417 383 767