For a private bus or jitney driver to obtain official recognition of his route, 26 months.

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Her boat was nearing the landing, and she had never had problems on this route in 26 years, so she didn't think anything when the dark was broken by lights from the choppers.

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There will always be vulnerabilities along a 26-mile route, and police will always have to make decisions about how to deploy their finite resources.

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The 26-mile route started in Birkenhead Park and took runners to New Brighton, through the Queensway Tunnel, along Liverpool Docks and to Princes Park and Sefton Park.

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The 26.2 mile route starts and ends at the Stadium of Light, goes through the city centre and around Roker, taking in some of the city's landmarks.

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"You can look at isolating particular areas and trying to secure these -- however, you are looking at a 26-mile-plus route, which often will spread across a major capital, and in terms of protecting it right along the route, it will be very, very difficult, " he said.

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The 26.2-mile marathon route is open to the public and the event is heavily photographed.

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Amputees and visually impaired athletes will now also be running the 26-mile, 385-yard, route.

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The 74-mile route (118.5km) will be underground for 26 miles (41.5km) and allow for stops at 38 stations.

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Preparation work for the new route from the A3095 is expected to start on 18 February with the main road works beginning in the spring for 26 weeks.

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