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Grain SA, organisers of the NAMPO Harvest Day,
expected an increase of visitors on 18 May due
to the municipal election that was a public
holiday. A huge amount of visitors lead to Grain
SA’s request by lunch time to the public who
were still on their way to NAMPO Park, to rather
turn back.
Mr Jannie de Villiers,
Chief Executive Officer of Grain SA, requested via
RSG and OFM Stereo that those still on their way
should reschedule their visit, seeing that the
Harvest Day continues until Friday. However, members
of Grain SA could still be accommodated in their
exclusive parking area.
Grain SA prepared for an increased number of
visitors. The parking area was expanded and
additional temporary entrances were created to
accommodate the influx of visitors. Despite
excellent co-operation by traffic authorities, the
three available entry routes could not sufficiently
handle the heavy traffic and vehicles were backed up
for kilometres in both a northern and southern
direction.
“NAMPO Park’s infrastructure was designed to
comfortably handle a large amount of visitors, but
today’s numbers were possibly the highest per day in
the history of the Harvest Day. Today we had to make
a choice, bearing in mind the infrastructure and
every visitor already on the terrain, whilst also
ensuring that potential visitors receive the full
value of their entrance fee,” said De Villiers.
“Grain SA did everything within our power to address
the situation, but we apologise for the
inconvenience,” he continued. Pre-sold entry tickets
for Wednesday will be valid for Thursday and Friday.
Despite obstacles, it was a wonderful day and
visitors fully enjoyed themselves. |
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