The 2024 Shoreline Orthodontics Tri-K Triathlon is right around the corner, and organizers what residents to be aware of any traffic disruptions on the day.

The 2024 event features 13 different races for people as young as four years old.

The morning event will use the public roads for the cycle portion. About 120 participants are expected to compete in the morning event, and will be going in waves - so they won鈥檛 all be on the bike course at one time.

Participants will be starting their bike after 8 a.m. with the last finishing up at about noon.

Allocated bike space will be on one side of the road, extending about two metres from the edge of the road.

The event is hosting the BC Summer Games qualifier with bikers riding in packs - which is made safer for cyclists and vehicles by allocating a dedicated bike space on the roads.

The rest of morning event participants will also use the same, allocated bike space.

Two way traffic will still flow beside the allocated bike space, but with delineators to shift the vehicle lanes over to include the shoulder on other side of road.

The race will be using Vanier Drive from the Comox Valley Sports Centre to Headquarters Road. The route goes right on Headquarters Road through to Piercy Road to Condensory Road intersection.

From there, it goes right on Condensory Road to Dove Creek Road intersection, then right on Dove Creek Road around to the Piercy Road intersection. This part of road will have traffic cones set up to create a two-metre buffer zone that bike must stay within, and vehicles should use as needed.

Because of the bike traffic and to avoid collisions with vehicles, the intersection at Piercy Road and Dove Creek Road will be closed.

These traffic controls will be set up at about 6:30 a.m., and torn down by 12:30 p.m.

A light set of bike traffic of about 20 cyclists will also use Dove Creek Road going north from Condensory Road but there will be no traffic controls on the roadway for that group.

鈥淭here will be contracted traffic control personnel at key areas of the bike course to provide proper movement of traffic in these narrowed areas,鈥� said race director Terry Hooper. 鈥淏ut it may be prudent to avoid that area during that time because traffic could be slowed due to the constrictions.鈥�

The afternoon kids鈥� event is all contained within the Sports Centre parking lot and Vanier School ground鈥檚 roads. This will have no affect on public road traffic.

鈥淲e will also be posting notices with similar information at the Canada Post community boxes in the areas that are affected,鈥� said Hooper. 鈥淭here will also be message boards set up on the roadside in key areas a few days in advance of the event to provide notices to traffic. 鈥�

For a complete list of races, as well as registration information, visit trik.ca/racedetails.html