The operation of the Olympic Route Network ends at midnight on Tuesday 14th August, following the completion of the Olympic Games.

Transport for London (TfL) today confirmed that the Olympic Route Network (ORN) will end operation and enforcement at midnight on Tuesday 14 August when the vast majority of athletes, officials and media will have departed the UK following an extraordinary Olympic Games. Roads will return to normal between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The 109-mile ORN, which includes 30 miles of Games Lanes in London, has ensured all athletes, officials and the world’s media got to their events on time and helped to keep London moving. ORN measures including stopping and parking restrictions end at midnight on Tuesday. All Games Lanes will be taken out of use overnight ahead of Wednesday morning’s rush hour, although all white line road markings will take a little longer to remove. All physical measures on the ORN will be removed by the morning of  Thursday 16 August.

Paralympic Route Network

Of course, the Paralympics is still to come and TfL will be operating a special route network for these games. However, the PRN will be considerably smaller. TfL has now published some guidance for motorists about the PRN:

• The PRN is considerably smaller than the ORN and is focused on the east of London
• It will have only 8.7 miles of Games Lanes on the routes between the City of London, where the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will be based, the Olympic Park and other venues, including ExCeL, the North Greenwich Arena, Greenwich Park and Royal Artillery Barracks
• The physical build of the PRN will begin overnight on Saturday 25 August, but it will not come into operation until 06:00 on Wednesday 29 August, the opening day of the Paralympic Games
• The PRN and Games lanes will end operation and enforcement one day after the end of the Paralympics at midnight 10 September, to aid the efficient departure of athletes, officials and media

You have been warned!

For more information, visit the www.getaheadofthegames.com website.