Westport Residents Can Expect Heavy Traffic, Delays During Half-Marathon

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Westport residents should take note that traffic will be crazy in the Green Farms area when more than 3,000 runner hit Westport streets during the running of the Fairfield Half Marathon on Sunday, June 26.

Westport residents should expect heavy traffic and road closures during the running of the Fairfield Half-Marathon on Sunday.
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K Reakes

06/23/2016 12:00 p.m.

Runners will enter Westport on Greens Farms Road at the Fairfield town line, continuing to New Creek Road and on to Beachside Avenue before exiting into Southport. The runners are expected to enter town by 8:15 a.m. and exit by 10:15 a.m. for the three-mile section of the race through Westport.

Through traffic will be stopped, or severely limited while runners make their way through town. Motorists should anticipate heavy delays due to road closures along the race route.

Residents along the route should expect that it will be difficult to get in or out of driveways during times of heavy runner presence.

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