Gridlock ominous ahead of V8 races
5:00AM Monday April 14, 2008
By Yvonne Tahana and Mathew Dearnaley
Organisers of next weekend's V8 Supercars street race in Hamilton say they're confident there won't be a repeat of the gridlock that plagued Saturday night's Balloons over Waikato nightglow.
Punters trying to get to the nightglow at Waikato University were forced into hour-long waits for buses for the five park and rides to the event.
Environment Waikato's land transport operation manager, Russell Turnbull, said a private company contracted by the event organisers failed to implement parts of the traffic management plan, which meant there were cars on streets where there shouldn't have been.
Compounding the problem was the number of spectators who drove to the university, which meant traffic ground to a halt in surrounding streets.
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