Proposed Special Use Permit for event to include road closure

The Blue Ridge Parkway (Parkway) is considering the impacts of an application submitted by World Triathlon Corporation d.b.a. The IRONMAN Group for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow portion of the cycling segment of the Carillion Clinic IRONMAN 70.3 Ironman Virginia's Blue Ridge triathlon to take place on the Parkway. The IRONMAN Group has requested a full, two-lane motor road closure on June 5, 2022 to ensure the safety of riders, motorists, and event staff; as well as to provide safe and expeditious movement of event support and emergency vehicles. The proposed closure would be from VA-43 at parkway milepost 91.0 to VA-24/Washington Avenue at parkway milepost 112.2. Per Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) representatives, VA-43 from Buchanan to the parkway will be fully closed during the event. Access to all other sections of the Parkway motor road, as well as non-roadway areas such as trails, would remain unchanged.

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1. Please describe any potential impacts that may result from the proposed closure of both lanes of the Blue Ridge Parkway for the duration of the event as a condition of the proposed Special Use Permit.

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