It’s that time of the year again when thousands of lycra-clad cyclists descend on the Mother City for the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour. Capetonians, your road closures begin tomorrow, so here is what you need to be aware of.

Sport and Recreation Minister, Fikile Mbalula, and our very own Helen Zille, will be among the household names taking part in Sunday’s Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour.

Road closures begin tomorrow though, and here is what you need to avoid:

Saturday 10 March 2012

Foreshore, Cape Town CBD:

Hertzog Boulevard, outbound carriageway between Heerengracht and Christiaan Barnard (Oswald Pirow) – Saturday 16:00 – Sunday 11:30

Green Point:

Helen Suzman Boulevard, Beach Road to Traffic Circle (city bound carriageway) – Saturday 12:00 – Sunday 21:00

Noordhoek, Hout Bay:

Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6), Noordhoek Road (M6) to Princess Street – Saturday 18:00 – Sunday 17:00

Sunday 11 March 2012:

Foreshore:

Hertzog Boulevard, both carriageways between Heerengracht and Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) – 00:00 – 11:30

Heerengracht, both carriageways between Hans Strijdom Avenue (Fountain Circle) and Coen Steytler Avenue – 04:00 – 11:30

Woodstock, University Estate:

De Waal Drive (M3), outbound between Roodebloem Road and Hospital Bend. Traffic will be diverted to Main Road – 05:30 – 11:30

CBD, Woodstock:

Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) Eastbound – 05:30 – 11:30

Hospital Bend (N2, M3) Interchange, Settlers Way (N2) to M3 (Muizenberg) ramp (Southbound), M3 on-ramp from Groote Schuur Hospital (Southbound) – 05:30 – 11:30

Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Bishopscourt:

M3 (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise, Edinburgh Drive) Southbound, including all on-ramps between Nelson Mandela Boulevard up to Trovato Link – 06:00 – 11:45

Wynberg, Constantia:

M3 Freeway (Blue Route), Southbound, including all on-ramps between Trovato Link and Steenberg Road – 06:00 – 12:15

Tokai:

Steenberg Road (M42), M3 off-ramp to Main Road – 06:15 – 12:15

Tokai, Lakeside, Muizenberg, False Bay Coast to Cape Point, Scarborough:

Main Road (M4) – Between Steenberg Road and Boyes Drive – 06:15 – 12:15

Boyes Drive, all except Old Boyes Drive – 06:15 – 12:30

Main Road (M4) – Clairvaux Road to Fish Hoek Traffic Circle – 06:15 – 12:50

Main Road (M4) – Fish Hoek Traffic Circle to Glen Road, Glencairn – 06:30 – 13:00

Main Road (M4) – Glen Road to Simon’s Town – 06:30 – 13:15

Main Road (M4) – Simon’s Town to entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve – 06:45 – 14:30

Main Road (M4) – Entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve (M4) to Perdekloof (M65) – 07:00 – 14:30

Main Road (M4) – Perdekloof to Soetwater – 07:00 – 15:00

Cape Point, Scarborough, Kommetjie, Ocean View:

Slangkop Road (M82), Soetwater to Kommetjie Road (M65) – 06:45 – 15:00

Kommetjie, Ocean View, Masipumelele:

Kommetjie Road (M65), Slangkop Road to Glencairn Expressway (M6) – 06:45 – 15:30

Noordhoek, Sun Valley:

Ou Kaapse Weg Ext. (M64), Kommetjie Road (M65) to Noordhoek Road (M6) – 06:45 – 15:30

Noordhoek Road (M6), Ou Kaapse Weg Ext. (M64) to base of Chapman’s Peak Drive – 06:45 – 16:00

Chapman’s Peak Drive – 00:00 – 16:30

Hout Bay, Llandudno:

Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6), Princess Street (M90) to Victoria Avenue (M6) Hout Bay – 07:00 – 17:00

Hout Bay, Llandudno, Camps Bay:

Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound, Princess Road (M90) Hout Bay to Camps Bay – 07:00 – 17:15

Camps Bay, Bantry Bay and Clifton:

Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound: Between Houghton Road and Camps Bay Drive – 07:30 – 17:30

Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound, between Camps Bay Drive and Meadway – 05:00 – 17:45

Victoria Road (M6) North and Southbound, Mead Way to Lower Kloof Road – 07:30 – 18:00

Victoria Road (M6), Northbound and Southbound, Lower Kloof Road to Queens Road, Sea Point – 04:00 – 17:45

Bantry Bay, Sea Point:

Queens Road (M6), Victoria Road to Beach Road – 06:00 – 17:45

Sea Point, Green Point & Mouille Point:

Beach Road (M6) City bound carriageway – Queens Road Circle to St Johns Road – 06:00 – 18:30

Beach Road (M6) City bound carriageway – St Johns Road to Arthurs Road – 04:00 – 19:30

Beach Road (M6) City bound carriageway – Arthurs Road to Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) – 07:30 – 19:30

Beach Road – Beach Rd to Fritz Sonnenberg – 07:30 – 19:30

Green Point area:

Fritz Sonnenberg between Beach Road and Green Point Circle. Controlled access point – 07:30 – 18:30

Bill Peters Drive, at Bay Road – 04:00 – 19:30

Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) – Eastbound from Beach Road to Green Point Traffic Circle – 00:00 – 21:00

Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) – Westbound from Green Point Circle to Beach Road – 04:00 – 19:30

[Source: CapeTown]