Road closures, parking restrictions in place Saturday for road race

posted on: 9/3/2021

Dover Police Chief William Breault announces the following road closures and parking restrictions for the Cochecho Challenge Half Marathon and 5K footrace.

On Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021 at 8:30 a.m., the 3.1- and 13.1-mile footraces will begin simultaneously on Silver Street, near Central Avenue, and end in front of the First Parish Congregational Church parking lot off Church Street. Brief street closures will be in effect on Silver Street and Arch Street to accommodate the 8:30 a.m. start. A portion of the 5K course will be run along the Dover Community Trail between Washington Street and Central Avenue, and will cross Fisher Street.

Motorists should expect and give way to runners wearing numbered race bibs on any Dover roadways between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. These include Washington Street, Tolend Road, Glen Hill Road, County Farm Cross Road, Sixth Street, Glenwood Avenue, Horne Street, Fourth Street, Atkinson Street, and Nelson Street.

Church Street will be closed to all traffic between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Parking restrictions will be posted in the following locations on Saturday, Sept. 1:

• Sixth Street, even-numbered side only, between Horne and Grove streets;
• Washington Street, even-numbered side only, between Arch and Atkinson streets;
• Fourth Street, north side, from Grove Street westerly to the Cochecho River;
• Church Street, southerly side between Locust and Academy streets.

This event is organized by the First Parish Congregational Church and will raise funds to help sustain the church's various charitable programs. The course is USA Track and Field certified and includes a footbridge crossing over the Cochecho River. More information on the event, including a course map and registration information, can be found at www.cochechochallenge.com.

For traffic inquiries, contact the Police Department Traffic Bureau at 742-4646.