Obtain Competition might be beneath risk if there’s a repeat of this yr’s site visitors points, the pinnacle of Leicestershire County Council has warned.
The pageant prompted extreme congestion on the roads round Donington Park in Leicestershire as followers arrived on June 7 and eight. A few of them stated it took them as much as seven hours to get on the location.
Nick Rushton, the council chief, described the scenario as “an absolute catastrophe” with the worst queues he’d seen in Obtain’s historical past. Nonetheless, he remained optimistic that the scenario would enhance subsequent yr “with a little bit of controlling”.
“Donington are fairly good operators however they actually tousled large time this time,” Rushton informed the BBC. “One thing’s bought to alter for subsequent yr in any other case I’ll be urgent that the rattling factor is cancelled.”
This yr, Obtain occurred over 4 days to rejoice its twentieth anniversary. Subsequent yr, nevertheless, it’s returning to its regular three-day format.
Stories counsel the congestion additionally created points for motorists who weren’t travelling to the pageant. Rushton stated that he knew of 600 individuals who had missed their flights from East Midlands Airport, throughout the highway from Donington Park, because of the site visitors.
Stay Nation Leisure, the organisers of the pageant, agreed the site visitors congestion was “unprecedented and never acceptable”. Per BBC, they’ve launched an investigation into what went flawed and the way related points might be prevented.
They’ve stated they believed a better attendance, an elevated variety of automobiles and points over journey routes to automotive parks have been the principle contributing elements to the delays. They hope a return to Obtain’s regular format will assist the issue, with the campsite opening two days earlier than the bands begin to “unfold” the arrival of followers.
Rushton agreed that reverting to a three-day format “must be loads higher subsequent yr.”
This yr’s Obtain Competition was headlined by Metallica, who carried out two distinctive units throughout the weekend, Deliver Me The Horizon and Slipknot.
Deliver Me The Horizon introduced a brand new album, ‘Publish Human: Nex Gen’, throughout their Friday night time headline debut, whereas Slipknot headlined the pageant for the fifth time, equalling Iron Maiden‘s file for the best variety of Obtain headline appearances.
