TDOT and THP Prepare for 2010 Bonnaroo
More than 80,000 Expected in Manchester Area for Ninth Annual Music and Arts Festival
NASHVILLE – For nine years, Middle Tennessee has played host to one of the premiere live music events in the country - the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The popular festival has people from all walks of life and from all corners of the country making the small city of Manchester in Coffee County their temporary home for several days each June. As in years past, more than 80,000 music lovers are expected to attend this year’s festival, which kicks off Thursday night, June 10, and winds down Sunday night, June 13.
- Efforts will be concentrated on keeping interstate traffic flowing.
- Exit 111 (SR 55) will be used as the main festival exit. Exits 97, 105, 112 (temporary exit on westbound side only), 117 and 127 are alternate exits if congestion occurs on the interstate.
- TDOT maintenance units will be posted throughout the festival region, and maintenance personnel will be on call all weekend.
- TDOT will provide variable message signs to warn drivers of delays.
- There will be no construction-related lane closures on I-24 near the Bonnaroo festival area between 3 p.m. June 9 and June 14.
- Median crossovers will be guarded to prevent motorists from parking in the crossovers and blocking emergency vehicles.
- Festival traffic will be kept in the right lane and/or on the shoulder of the interstate, allowing through traffic to utilize the left travel lane unimpeded.
- Emergency vehicles will use county roads that will be kept at low volume.
- Bonnaroo promoters issued early news releases to the trucking industry and other sources to alert the traveling public to festival times, location, and alternate routes.
- Temporary communication towers are in place to improve emergency communications.
2009 Bonnaroo Non-Moving Violations (NMVs)
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2009 Bonnaroo Hazardous Moving Violations (HMVs)
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Child Passenger Restraint Violations
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1
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Speeding
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74
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Safety Belt Violations
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41
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Driving Under the Influence
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4
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Driver License Law Violations
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19
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Reckless Driving
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2
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Revoked/Suspended Driver Licenses
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3
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Disregarding Signal/Sign Controls
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5
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Registration Violations
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18
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Other Moving Violations
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3
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Open Container Law
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1
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Misdemeanor Drug Violations
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5
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Other Non-Moving Violations
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41
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