"AS World Cup fever mounts, we are urging all ticket holders to start planning their trips to the Stadium," says MMC Moosajee, MMC for Transport at the City of Joburg.

"There will be road closures around the stadiums and no parking will be allowed in the stadium environs. We are encouraging ticket holders to use public transport such as Rea Vaya or Metrorail or to use Park and Walks and Park and Rides.

Spectators who want to utilise Park and Walks and Park and Rides to get to matches are urged to buy their tickets in advance. No tickets will be for sale at the designated Park and Ride or Park and Walk venues, so only people with a parking ticket will be allowed entry. All these sites will be identifiable by signage.

Details of Park and Rides and Park and Walks are set out below.

Park and Rides: A Park and Ride is a parking facility where spectators can park their vehicles and be shuttled to the stadium by the City's scheduled shuttle service. This service will be provided by a combination of accredited buses and minibus taxis.

The designated Park and Ride facilities are:

For Soccer City:

• Wits Campus(University of the Witwatersrand)
  Enoch Sontonga Avenue and Empire Road, Braamfontein.

• Constitution Hill
  Joubert Street Extension, Braampark.

• Gold Reef
  Data Crescent in Gold Reef. South of Johannesburg CBD.

For Ellis Park:

• Wits Campus (University of the Witwatersrand)
  Sontonga Avenue and Empire Road, Braamfontein.
• Bez Valley
  10th Street, Observatory
• Gold Reef
  Data Crescent in Gold Reef. South of Johannesburg CBD.
• Constitution Hill
  Joubert Street Extension, Braampark.

Park and Walks: These are facilities located within walking distance of the match venues. Spectators will park their vehicles and walk to the stadium along a designated route. The JMPD will provide full protection at these facilities.

For Ellis Park, the Park and Walk facility is:

• Athlone Boys School
  3rd Street Bezuidenhout

For Soccer City, the designated areas are:

• Aeroton Park and Walk
  Adcock Ingram Avenue, Aeroton

• Randshow Park and Walk
  Randshow Road in Aeroton

• Shareworld Park and Walk

There will be security guards contracted to look after these vehicles. The Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD), as well as South African Police Service will be deployed to look after the safety of spectators walking or riding to the stadiums.

"We urge spectators to buy their tickets early so that they can get space at their preferred venue, said Moosajee. Spectators who do not have tickets, will not be able to enter the stadium environs, she reiterated.

The costs for the Park and Rides and Park and Walks are as follows:

Tickets can be bought at Ticketbreak, www.ticketbreak.co.za. Or Computicket at www.computicket.com.

For more information please go to www.joburg.org.za or join on the facebook page "2010 Transport for Joburg" Or call 011 375 5555 for more info.


The following people are available for interviews:

• Rehana Moosajee MMC Transport City of Joburg
• Sibongile Mazibuko 2010 Director Operations City of Joburg
• Yolisa Mashilwane 2010 Transport operations City of Joburg
• Lisa Seftel Executive Director Transport City of Joburg

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