Talk turns to FloydFest traffic - roanoke.com

Event officials pushed for a "cooperative relationship" with parkway authorities. By Mike Gangloff As FloydFest gears up for its seventh annual run beginning today, organizers and the officials who oversee the Blue Ridge Parkway say they've put the hubbub over traffic enforcement behind them. "The folks who run FloydFest have diligently worked to establish a cooperative relationship with the National Park Service," festival spokeswoman Linda DeVito said Wednesday. "We feel our patrons' safety is paramount and trust everyone will exercise good judgement in coming to our family-friendly festival." For the past two years, the four-day music festival has been accompanied by complaints that festivalgoers were being targeted for traffic stops and searches by parkway rangers. Even Floyd County Sheriff Shannon Zeman was pulled over... [read full story]