Hillsborough Park will host the Tramlines Festival again this year despite the local community feeling that their wishes have been ignored, according to a councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tramlines Festival is one of the UK\u2019s longest running, city-based music festivals and has been held successfully in Hillsborough Park five times since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last July, the music festival grounds became a mud bath after facing severe weather conditions and having so many people in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Council approved on Monday March 4 that the festival is a positive and beneficial use of the park, and will go ahead this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Hillsborough Councillor Toby Mallinson said: \u201cThe Council has not surveyed residents, leaving it to Tramlines to hold drop-ins which are not representative.\u00a0 I believe that the majority of Hillsborough residents are very concerned about the potential for a repeat of the damage that happened last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recent survey showed that a third of locals wanted Tramlines, A third did not want Tramlines and a third were wanting changes to ensure that the damage would not be repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruth Hubbard, from the It\u2019s Our City campaign, said: \u201cOur council aligns the \u2018public interest\u2019 firmly and fully with \u2018private\/corporate interests\u2019 in which community concerns are ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn comparison with similar urban festivals in other cities I think Hillsborough gets a pretty raw deal. It absolutely needs people to continue to demand better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A local resident said: \u201cThe loss of the park for over 6 months this year was the icing on the cake. Yes, the grass grew back – but only after the entire summer had been lost, and many other local events had to be cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Gary Clifton, Major Events Manager, said**:** \u201cIt was a hard weekend and it\u2019s been a difficult year. We all recognise what happened, we all saw what happened and it sits heavy with a lot of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEqually, I would say that none of us walked away from the problem either, including Tramlines. They were immediately on the problem, they immediately started to rectify the problem, and they\u2019ve paid for the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hillsborough Park is still not fully recovered and has become waterlogged due to usual winter weather conditions that have been exacerbated by the Tramlines festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another Hillsborough resident, Janis Marsh, said: \u201cThis event should be shared around all the parks and green areas in Sheffield, not just our park which has to be closed for extended periods of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Clifton said that a drainage plan is in place to recover the bottom of the field and \u2018that needs to be done this month\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the council, Hillsborough Park is the only city park with the capacity to host an event of this size and nature. If Tramlines wasn\u2019t held in Hillsborough Park, it would move out of Sheffield and would relocate to another site in another city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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