WATCH: What will Belladrum Festival traffic be like this year?
The organisers of the Belladrum Festival near Beauly are confident changes to managing the traffic will see a vast improvement this year.
Traffic chaos at the start of last year’s event prompted an angry backlash from residents and festival-goers.
Thousands of motorists queued for hours to get to the site last year while residents in local communities including Beauly and Kiltarlity found themselves caught up in the gridlock across the area.
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Belladrum Festival producer Dougie Brown acknowledged last year’s problems and said a range of improvements including doubling the number of site entrances and a new staff parking area had been introduced.
“Traffic was a major issue last year and it is definitely not something we have shied away from,” he said.
“It has been a long process with community councils, Highland Council, local authorities and police and fire and everyone involved.
“There’s a lot of changes this year.
“We are confident that these changes will see a vast improvementin travel to and from the festival.”
Highland Council is advising all road users that temporary traffic restrictions will be in place from Thursday 11 July until Friday 2 August to reduce the disruption to traffic likely to be caused by the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival:
Temporary 30mph Speed Limit:
A833 Milton – Phoineas Road from its Junction with the A862 to its junction with U2771 Wester Phoineas Road, Kiltarlity from 12:00hrs on Wednesday 24 July 2024 to 14:00hrs on Sunday 28 July 2024.
A833 Milton – Phoineas Road from the point 250 metres, north of the junction with C1108 Kiltarlity-Easkdale-Kerrow Road to a point 250 metres south if its junction with U1580 Tomnacross Road, Kiltarlity from 12:00hrs on Thursday 11 July to 12:00hrs on Wednesday 24 July 2024.
A833 Milton- Phoineas Road from a point 250 metres, north of its junction with C1108 Kiltarlity -Eskdale-Kerrow Road to appoint 250 metres south of its junction with U1580 Tomnacross Road, Kiltarlity from 14:00hrs on Sunday 28 July to 15:00hrs on Friday 2 August 2024.
A862 Ardullie-Dingwall-Beauly-Inverness Road from the point 500 metres east of its junction with the A833 Milton – Phoineas Road, to appoint 500 metres west of aforesaid junction from 12:00hrs on Wednesday 24 July to 14:00hrs on Sunday 28 July 2024.
Temporary 20mph Speed Limit:
A833 Milton – Phoineas Road from its junction with the U2771 Wester Phoineas Road, Kiltarlity to a point 250 metres with the U1580 Tomnacross Road, Kiltarlity from 12:00hrs on Wednesday 24 July to 14:00hrs on Sunday 28 July 2024.
Temporary Prohibition on use of a road
U2346 Bog Road, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire between its junction with the C1072 Abriachan -Foxhole Road and its junction with the C1102 Moniack Bridge- Easter Clunes- Foxhole Road.
Temporary manoeuvre prohibition
U2108 Belladrum Road, Kiltarlity - right turn into A833 from 06:00hrs to 14:00hrs on Sunday 28 July 2024 (caravans and campervans only).
