SaskCentral Queen City Marathon

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AND DELAYS

During race day, approximately 3,000 SaskCentral Queen City Marathon participants from throughout Canada and the United States will be running and walking across a 42.2-kilometer course that covers the length and breadth of Regina.  Also out on the course will be hundreds of dedicated volunteers.

We understand that this international event affects your Sunday driving routine for one day each year and we sincerely apologize in advance for any temporary disruption.  Your patience, courtesy and good humour are gratefully appreciated by our hundreds of local volunteers and by the thousands of participants from all across North America.  Let’s show them the kind of gracious support and hospitality that makes Regina such a great city!

The current SaskCentral QCM course has been developed through on-going consultation with the City of Regina, Regina Police Service, Wascana Centre Authority and Wascana Centre Police. 

To view and download a map of the course, please log on to www.runqcm.com

For the safety of our thousands of participants and hundreds of volunteers, certain roads and areas in and around the course and start/finish area will either be temporarily closed to traffic or be subject to controlled traffic delays.  Please yield to participants and spectators. 

• Wascana Park.  The following roads will experience temporary delays or closures from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on a collapsing basis:
• Avenue G at 23rd Avenue
• Old Broad Street at 23rd Avenue
• Hill Boulevard off Albert Street
• Legislative Drive (20th Avenue) off Albert Street
• Saskatchewan Road
• Avenue K (22nd Avenue entrance) off Albert Street
• 21st Street entrance off Albert Street
• McCallum Avenue entrance off Albert Street
• Quinn Drive off Wascana Drive
• 19th Avenue entrance to Wascana Drive (near the Science Centre)

 

• Expect delays at the Broad Street and Wascana Drive intersection from 8:15 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. as our participants cross this intersection, heading East.

• Wascana Drive from Broad Street to McDonald Street.  Please avoid this road completely from 8:15 a.m. until 10 a.m., if possible. Please yield to race participants.

 

• McDonald Street and Assiniboine Avenue East, by Douglas Park Sports Fields
• Traffic lanes will be narrowed to allow for a pedestrian corridor on the south side of these roads, leading up to the pedestrian bridge over the Ring Road.  Please avoid using this road, unless attending an event at the Douglas Park Sports Fields.
• Entrance to the Douglas Park Sports Fields will NOT be affected, but we ask you to please drive with caution. 

• Assiniboine Avenue from the Ring Road to Edinburgh Drive
• Assiniboine Avenue from Park Street to Edinburgh Drive will be reduced to single-lane, two-way traffic.
• The Ring Road off-ramp onto Assiniboine Avenue will be CLOSED from 6:00 a.m. to Noon on race day.  Please use Arcola Avenue.
• The traffic on-ramp from Assiniboine Avenue onto the Ring Road heading south will be subject to delays.  Please divert to the Arcola Avenue and Ring Road intersection.

 

• Edinburgh Drive from Banebury Drive to Moffat Bay/Wetmore Crescent.  Please yield to race participants.

• Wetmore Crescent to Dorsey Place.  Please yield to race participants.

 

• Dorsey Place.  SaskCentral QCM participants will be heading to the pedestrian path at the south end of your street, in order to get onto the paved pathway beyond.  Please yield to participants and please do not park vehicles where they might block access from the street to the pathway.

• Albert Street at College Avenue - CLOSED
• From 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., Albert Street from College Avenue to 23rd Avenue will be CLOSED to all but local traffic, at the discretion of the City of Regina and the Regina Police Service.   This is to protect runners crossing Albert Street at Regina Avenue, and avoid any traffic backups on the Albert Street Bridge.
• All traffic heading SOUTH on Albert Street is requested to divert east on College Avenue to Broad Street, then west on 23rd Avenue back to Albert Street.
• If at all possible after approximately 12:30 p.m., we intend to move this closure at College Avenue down south to Hill Avenue.

 

 

 

 

• Albert Street at 23rd Avenue - CLOSED
• From 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., Albert Street from 23rd Avenue to College Avenue will be CLOSED to all but local traffic, at the discretion of the City of Regina and the Regina Police Service.   This is to protect runners crossing Albert Street at 22nd Avenue.
• All traffic heading NORTH on Albert Street is requested to divert east on 23rd Avenue to Hillsdale Street (Broad Street), then west on College Avenue back to Albert Street.

 

• Elphinstone Street at 17th Avenue.  Expect delays from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. as our participants cross this intersection.  Please obey police instructions.

• 17th Avenue and Empress Street (road leading to the Royal Regina Golf Course).  Please yield to race participants.

 

• Ritter Avenue from Toothill Street to Straub Street. Please yield to race participants.

• Mikkelson Drive from Straub Street to Toothill Street. SaskCentral QCM participants will be running in the south curb lane of Mikkelson Drive.  Starting on the Saturday evening before the race, please do NOT park your vehicle in that lane, as doing so forces our participants to swerve out into traffic.

 

• Coronation Street from 17th Avenue to Regina Avenue. Please yield to race participants.

• Regina Avenue at Queen Street/Wascana Street.  Please obey police instructions.

 

• Kings Road from Wascana Street to Lakeview Drive. Please yield to race participants.

• Kings Road and Hill Avenue intersection.  Be prepared for a 4-Way Stop.

 

• Lakeview Drive from Kings Road to Princess Place. Please yield to race participants.

• L’Arche Crescent to Argyle Road. Please yield to race participants.

 

• 24th Avenue and Argyle Road intersection.  Please obey police instructions.

• 24th Avenue from Argyle Road to Rae Street. Please yield to race participants.

 

• Rae Street to 22nd Avenue. Please yield to race participants.

• Rae Street and 23rd Avenue intersection.  Be prepared for a 4-Way Stop.

 

• 22nd Avenue from Rae Street to Albert Street/Avenue K.  Please yield to race participants.

 

The Regina Police Service, Wascana Centre Police, and SaskCentral QCM course marshals will be stationed at various points along the course.  We respectfully ask that all drivers yield to race runners and walkers.  Please obey any instructions to slow, stop or divert, as requested. 
           
The SaskCentral Queen City Marathon thanks the Regina Police Service, Wascana Centre Authority, Wascana Centre Police, the City of Regina and Guardian Traffic Services for helping to ensure the safety of all our runners and walkers. 

Most especially, we thank YOU, the citizens of Regina, for making our participants and guests feel safe and welcome in Regina, home of the SaskCentral Queen City Marathon!