Festival-goers seeing traffic improvements for Coachella Festival Weekend 2

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - A much less frustrating beginning for thousands of campers.

You may remember last week's scenes, with some people waiting for hours and hours, trying to get into the camping areas.

As a result, organizers addressing staffing shortages and adding 12 new toll plazas to keep traffic off the roads. Gates to the campground were also opened earlier than scheduled.

Festival-goers say they're seeing those improvements.

“When planning this trip we knew that weekend 2 would be better because they fix all the issues from weekend one. So weekend one, all the traffic, the mess, people in line for 10 hours.” 

Abraham Flores, festival-goer

“I actually did not concerns because a lot of people like to go to weekend one including influencers. Weekend two is more of like a chill weekend so I don’t think it’ll that much packed.”

Angelina Dieu, festival-goer

Indio PD releasing a statement Thursday reading:

The traffic conditions for today’s campers arriving early went smoothly with no major issues. There are no significant issues to report from the traffic this morning. The allied agencies' traffic teams and concert staff did an excellent job of keeping the traffic moving.

Officials are reminding surrounding residents to use alternate routes to avoid any possible traffic delays.

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