TLDR: The organizers' approach sent out in the race brief.
"ROUTE CONTROL
The Montecasino Classico is run through intersection control by Joburg Metro Police and Mogale City Metro, along with a strong on-road support presence from these entities and static support from SAPS. A total of 102 JMPD officers are on duty and 30 members of the Mogale City Traffic Police.
In addition, more than 130 members of our experienced marshal crew, lead by Patrick Smit, are being deployed and 20 motorbike marshals will be managed by the seasoned Craig Bezuidenhout from the Road Rangers.
A team of police reservists with experience in intersection control are also being deployed at strategic points.
All of these entities are in contact with the Venue Operations Centre (VOC) control room which is set up at Montecasino.
The VOC consists of representatives from all the SAPS offices on route, JMPD, Mogale City Metro, Montecasino’s safety officer, JMPD head of events, the event safety officer and the head of our medical crew.
The race start towards the Cradle on Witkoppen and Beyers Naude presents quiet roads on a Sunday morning. When we pass Zandrift it’s also still early morning on a Sunday with little traffic. SAPS will have a presence at Zandrift though as a precautionary measure.
Road users now generally avoid the roads in the Cradle on a Sunday because it’s become known as a cycling area. Most clubs that ride in the Cradle on a Sunday have seen a number of their riders entered, so most cyclists in the Cradle will be part of the race on race day.
The busier sections in the final 10km on Malibongwe and Witkoppen Roads have formed the main topic of our JOC meetings and JMPD and SAPS are employing a large personnel base on this section and diverting traffic wherever possible.
The route on this section is on double laned roads, which naturally creates a protected and flowing left hand
lane passage for cyclists on race day.
Awareness signage has been erected on the race route and all media channels have been informed to include the race in their traffic advisories.
We utilise the same blueprint as we implemented with the Emperors Palace Classic, and the key to this is having double laned roads in busy areas to ensure the safe flow of the race along with normal traffic flow."
