GLASGOW will be transformed into a sea of pink today as the annual Race for Life event gets underway.
The 5K and 10K events kick off at 9.30am, however, there will be road closures and diversions surrounding the area from 6.30am until 4pm.
A list of road closures are as follows:
Albert Bridge, between Saltmarket and Crown Street Anchor Lane, for its whole length
Argyle Street, between Hope Street and Queen Street Ballater Street, between Gorbals Street and Crown Street (one lane only)
Buchanan Street for its full length
Candleriggs, between Trongate and Bell Street Clyde Street, for its full length (access maintained to Maxwell Street)
Cochrane Street, for its whole length
Congress Road, for its full length, (one lane)
Crown Street, between Ballater Street and Saltmarket Fastlink (Anderston Quay and Broomielaw)
Finnieston Quay, for its full length (one lane)
Garth Street, for its whole length
George Square (East), for its whole length
George Square (South), for its whole length
George Square (West) for its full length
Glassford Street, for its whole length Glasgow Bridge, for its full length
Greendyke Street, for its whole length
Gorbals Street, between Ballater Street to Clyde Street
Hanover Street, George Square and Ingram Street Ingram Street, between Queen Street and Albion Street
Jamaica Street, for its full length
John Street, for its full length
Lancefield Quay, for its full length
Martha Street, for its full length
Midland Street, for its full length
Montrose Street, between Ingram Street and West George Street
North Frederick Street, for its full length
King Street, between Parnie Street and Trongate King
George V Bridge, for its full length
Mitchell Street, between Argyle Street and Mitchell Lane
Queen Street, for its whole length
Saltmarket, for its whole length
Stockwell Street, for its whole length
St Vincent Place, between Queen Street and Buchanan Street
South Frederick Street, for its whole length
The Clyde Arc (Fastlink Lanes) Trongate, for its whole length
Turnbull Street, between Greendyke Street and Steel Street
Wilson Street, between Hutcheson Street and Virginia Street
West George Street, between George Square North and Montrose Street
Union Street, for its full length Victoria Bridge for its full length
Bus lanes in the following streets will also be suspended from 6am to 4pm:
Stockwell Street, southbound onto Gorbals Street (Victoria Bridge) Glassford Street, northbound between Argyle Street and Ingram Street Victoria Bridge, Southbound.
While there will be no loading restrictions and diversions also in place throughout the city.
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