Investigation begins after traffic disruption at Download festival

Many of the roads around Donington Park were gridlocked before the event.

After significant traffic disruption before this year’s Download festival, North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) has launched an investigation into whether or not license conditions were breached.

Many of the roads around Donington Park were gridlocked before the event.

The investigation will look at what went wrong and how plans can be changed to make sure the situation does not happen again in future years.

North West Leicestershire District Council have said that Download Festival organisers, Festival Republic, have confirmed that they will cooperate fully with the investigation and that they have already made commitments to address the travel plan for festival goers and review its communication with local people.

Councillor Michael Wyatt, Portfolio Holder for Community Services at NWLDC said: “We are proud that Download festival brings thousands of people to our district each year, and work with the festival, the venue and other organisations to make sure disruption is kept to a minimum.

“Anyone who witnessed the traffic troubles this year can see that those plans were not sufficient, so it’s only right for us to investigate whether there are things that can be done to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”