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Isle Of Wight Festival Traffic Plan

The main route for festival traffic from the East Cowes Red Funnel terminal will be up York Avenue and along Whippingham Road, where it will turn right onto East Cowes Road and into the festival car park.

Festival-bound vehicles travelling from the Wightlink terminal at Fishbourne will be directed to the right on to Kite Hill, through Wootton, down Lushington Hill and right at the Racecourse roundabout and then left onto East Cowes Road and into the festival car park.

People requiring access to Newport Quay will be required to use the bridge and avoid going through Seaclose Park.

There will be a one-way system in place along Fairlee Road from lunchtime on Wednesday (June 14).

All outbound traffic from Newport will be directed up Staplers Road.

If any of the entrances to the car parks are temporarily blocked, or an incident occurs on any of the roads being used by festival traffic, there are a number of diversion options where festival traffic can be temporarily ‘stacked’ away from the main roads.

They will then be released into the network once the problem has been resolved.

Residents will be kept up to date with routine traffic information, details of road closures and diversions, and updates about those council services affected by the festival.

Hampshire Constabulary will provide security and safety updates. Messages will be shared via social media and local media.

Floating Bridge and road closures

The following timetable will operate over the Festival Weekend from Thursday (June 15) to Sunday (June 18). Any current updates can be found via the Floating Bridge website.

People are also encouraged to look at the dedicated festival pages online which contain important information about the road closures and diversions, including access to Seaclose Park and changes to council services.

You can see also see traffic information online.

The council asks that residents plan their routes carefully to avoid the designated festival traffic routes on the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday of the event — when traffic volumes will be its highest.

The official temporary traffic orders can be viewed and downloaded online.

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