Download Festival organisers have addressed the chaotic traffic caused by the music event and said it was 'not acceptable'. The organisers have a commitment to a review of the traffic management plan ahead of next June's event after the long delays and busy traffic due to this year's event.
Some motorists were stuck in traffic queues around the A453 for up to three hours on the Wednesday and Thursday of the festival which was held at Donington Park. As Derbyshire Live reports, traffic information agencies warned people to avoid the area and anyone travelling to the festival or to the nearby East Midlands Airport was told to allow extra time.
A festival goer who travelled from Leeds on Wednesday, June 7, said: "The jam started at 10.50am on the M1 at J24 [for Kegworth] and I've managed to do 1.1 miles in three-and-a-half hours and I'm still not at the festival site. It's chaos."
