Saturday
4/13/13
– 18th Annual 5K/10K Walk and Fun Run for Hospice
Streets
around Town will be Intermittently Closed Off to through traffic from 8:30 –
until about 11:00 AM
Kick-off
time for both runners and walkers is 8:30 AM at the Governmental Center.
From
Leonard Hall Drive, 10K runners will turn right onto the shoulder of Rt. 245,
right on St. John’s Road, right on Cedar Lane Road, right on Point
Lookout Road/MD 5, right into the CSM parking lot, right on Rt. 245 and right
on Baldridge Street to return to the Governmental Center.
From
Leonard Hall Drive, 5K runners and walkers will make a left onto the shoulder
of Rt. 245, cross the Route 5/245 intersection and follow Business Route 5 into
Leonardtown. Participants will proceed down Washington Street, left on
Courthouse Drive, right on Camalier, left around Tudor Place, right onto
Camalier, right on Courthouse Drive, left on Fenwick Street, right on
Washington Street through the intersection to Rt. 245 and right on Baldridge
Street to return to the Governmental Center.
Police
personnel as well as Hospice volunteers will be placed along both
courses. Orange traffic cones will designate the course and also be used
to temporarily control traffic patterns as needed. Streets are not
closed, but police will be placed at the main intersections, stopping traffic
as necessary, directing participants through, and allowing vehicular traffic to
proceed. Side streets in Leonardtown will also be monitored and traffic
stopped as necessary for the safety of the participants. Therefore,
expect traffic delays in and around Leonardtown and plan accordingly.
Leonardtown
local traffic may divert around Town Square using Lawrence Ave.
To
avoid the Rt. 245/Rt. 5 intersection:
Southbound
Rt. 5 traffic may choose to take the alternate route using Moakley Street.
Northbound
Rt. 5 traffic may choose to take Rt. 4/St. Andrews Church Road to Brown Road as
an alternate route.
