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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 7/17/2019
SUBJECT: Traffic Advisory: Park Point 5 Miler
BY: Tom Maida

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Traffic Advisory
CASE NO.:
INCIDENT DATE: 7/18/2019
INCIDENT TIME: 6:00 PM
INCIDENT LOCATION:

[DULUTH, MN] The Park Point 5-Miler Race will be held Thursday evening, July 18, starting at 6:25 p.m. on Minnesota Avenue.  The race will begin on Minnesota Avenue near Sky Harbor Airport.  Runners will run north on the roadway to a turnaround near 22nd Street, then return to the Park to finish near the Beach House.  Participants in a 2-mile walk will accompany the runners.

MINNESOTA AVENUE BETWEEN 22ND STREET AND THE PARKING LOTS NEAR THE END OF PARK POINT WILL CLOSE TO TRAFFIC FROM 6:00 P.M. UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P.M.

Motorists wanting to enter Park Point will be stopped at 22nd Street, and those already at the Park will be held there, beginning at 6:00 p.m., for approximately 60 minutes. 

Motorists going to or leaving Park Point during these times should anticipate this delay and plan accordingly.  Motorists should also be alert to runners in the roadway and officers directing traffic near 24th Street and in the Park Point Recreation area. 

The Park Point 5-Miler is a Young Athletes Foundation event, a program of Grandma's Marathon. 

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