Travel website set up for festival revellers

A brand new web-site has been launched for T in the Park 2008 as Traffic Scotland work together with the festival organisers to provide travel information for people both attending and affected by the festival. The site provides travel planning tips and a real-time traffic information service.

Here, T in the Park revellers can find information on planning their journey by public transport, including details of all transport routes provided by Citylink, the event's official transport provider, advice on travelling by car, real-time travel information, help for non-festival road users and detail on travel information services.

Traffic Scotland also features a specialised T in the Park travel information service. This measure forms part of the festival's ongoing commitment to addressing the traffic problems encountered at T in the Park 2007. The site can be visited at www.trafficscotland.org/tinthepark

Inspector Kenny Brown, Head of Road Policing for Perth and Kinross, has been working with the event organisers on the parking and traffic plan. He said,

''Ideally, I'd like to see more people leaving their car at home and using the special public transport to get to T in the Park but I realise that not everyone will.

''This year we will have a 'blimp' to provide us with aerial views of traffic movements. Those attending will see new and improved entrances to the festival car parks, along with steel tracking allowing improved access into the car parks. Last year, three car parks were open at any one time, this has been doubled to six with further additional parking areas having been identified should the need arise.

''The early opening on Thursday has been set up to spread the flow of traffic prior to the festival commencing on Friday lunchtime. A convoy system will also be in place at certain villages near the festival site, with escorted passages to avoid traffic queues in residential areas.

''If you are travelling to T in the Park by car please leave plenty of time to travel to the venue and follow the directions of the localised signing and the road policing officers to keep disruption to a minimum. Please check the Traffic Scotland web-site before you start your journey.

''There will be strictly enforced 'no waiting and parking' areas and any offending vehicles will be removed by the on-site recovery team, with motorists facing a hefty fee to reclaim their vehicle.''