Leeds Festival around traffic plan to relief congestion

Leeds Festival traffic plana rouund the city to try to relief congestion before a forthcoming festival. Leeds Festival starts on Friday and every people are expected to come at Bramham Park.

Until Friday morning is closed traffic to part of the A64 York Road in a bid to relief congestion. The festival traffic is start directed onto the A1(M) coming off at junction 45 and onto West Woods Road and Paradise Way. Police said to the drivers could use the A1 to junction 44 and travel towards Leeds using both lanes on a system one way. As a report, the A64 road will be closed to all traffic travelling eastbound from the Fox and Grapes on Friday. Police said the other irregular road restrictions were in place and around the city.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Advised that drivers are strongly to use alternative routes wherever conceivable and allow to extra time to plenty for their journeys."

Leeds Festival 2010 : Melvin Benn interview

Leeds Festival has become a highlight of the nation's cultural calendar and a much-loved spectacle of UK and global rock music.

But, says festival boss Melvin Benn, the event's soul remains as local as Leeds United, and as Northern as his own.

'Nobody talks about Leeds because of Leeds United. People talk about Leeds because of Leeds Festival.'

The words of Leeds Festival supremo Melvin Benn might not exactly be music to the ears of the Elland Road faithful, but he makes a valid point about the rise and rise of the city's showpiece rock extravaganza.

For too long considered the poor, Northern cousin of Reading, the event launched in 1999 has now found a firm place in the city's, and the country's, music calendar.