Council chiefs have defended an extensive programme of road closures and restrictions for next weekend’s festival.
The local authority has unveiled its traffic management plan for the BBC Biggest Weekend, with closures planned for several routes around the Scone Palace site, as well as in the city centre.
Festival-goers are being urged to use shuttle buses, and pre-book tickets in advance if possible.
Depute director of housing and environment Keith McNamara said drawing up the plan was a balancing act, weighing up inevitable inconveniences against the major benefits for the area.
“This is a unique event and probably the biggest-ever hosted at Scone Palace.
“There are several benefits for the area. Its really exciting to have the highest quality of UK acts at this iconic location and get blanket coverage across the UK.
“We have to be mindful of the international audience that this is going to reach.”
The public has been urged to take regular shuttle buses, which will leave Tay Street every few minutes each day. A fleet of 50 buses will be in use over the weekend.
Tickets at £5 cannot be pre-booked online, but can be bought in advance from the city bus station.
The council hopes most festival-goers will buy bus passes beforehand, as well as parking spaces, to avoid queues on the day.
Bus passengers will face a walk of about 20 minutes to the palace grounds.
People driving to the event have been warned to follow signs, rather than relying on Sat Nav.
Mr McNamara said: “In terms of people coming in to Perth to shop, we would ask them to plan ahead.
“We would not suggest that people don’t come into Perth that weekend, but they might want to avoid making that journey between 10am and 2pm.”
He said: “There’s a balance that needs to be made.
“You can’t have a big event like this and not cause some inconvenience to some people. But you have to balance that against the international exposure that Perth will get from this event, as well as the economic benefits.”
