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Road closures planned for snowy Moonlight Run

Mar 16, 2018 | 12:00 PM

LETHBRIDGE – The 31st annual Moonlight Run will go on as scheduled Saturday, March 17, despite the fresh snow and ice on the ground.

The City of Lethbridge will have a number of road closures set up Saturday. Race setup will shut down the 200 block of 8 Street S. starting at 3 p.m. It will reopen at around 11 p.m. Starting at around 6:30 p.m. both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of 3 Avenue S. will be closed from Stafford Drive to Scenic Drive and into Indian Battle Park. Drivers will not be able to access Indian Battle Park between approximately 6:30 and 11:30 p.m.

In addition, the 200 block of Scenic Drive S. will be closed between around 6:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. All roads should be open again by 11:30 p.m.

Runners will begin at CASA at 8 p.m. and run through the river valley before returning to CASA. Participants were advised Thursday of minor modifications to the route to account for weather conditions.