Oro-Medonte residents are getting their first look at how traffic will be handled in the area for the “Wayhome” and “Boots and Hearts” Music Festivals.

Ralph Guinn and his wife are some of the many Oro-Medonte residents picking up a neighbour information package at the Oro-Station Community Hall on Wednesday. It outlines the new traffic plan designed by Burl’s Creek Event Grounds.

"It shows us the access and exit for the park and I don't see a problem with it at all, it's very easy to surmise what might happen,” says Guinn.

The new traffic plan has VIP and RV campers exiting on Highway 11 at Line 5 and then travelling up Ridge Road to the event grounds at Line 8. General admission ticket holders will have access from Highway 11, taking Line 7 and Line 9.

Dan Seddon lives along Ridge Road and anticipates a lot of traffic, when some 40,000 concert goers descend on the region and he's not looking forward to it.

“If I wanted to put it just straight, it sucks. They're going to bring people down the concessions that's going to clog the highway,” he says. “I’m a 24 hour on call kind of person, so when this is going on it's going to endanger my customer relations."

Lines 7, 8, and 9 are restricted areas and will be closed for days during festivals. People living in this areas, will have a tag to hang on their vehicle, something Sher Coulson doesn't mind doing two weekends of the year.

"Safety first I think. They're thinking about all of us when they're doing this so the tag on the car tells me I can come in and it keeps my family safe."

The plan has been approved by the Township of Oro-Medonte and in principal by Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, but one more application is needed before the MTO signs off on it. The OPP acted as consultants for Burl’s Creek and will be on hand during festivals.

"In terms of back logs on Highway 11, this option presented was the option that will allow for the most minimal impact on Highway 11," says Staff Sgt. Don Fawcett.

If traffic does back up on Highway 11, the OPP has a few contingency plans. 

The first of the two events is the Wayhome Music Festival on July 24, but its anticipated traffic will start to build on the Thursday at around 6 p.m.