Georgia-Russia road reopens after landslide
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The only road linking Georgia and Russia is reopening today after being blocked by a landslide for 10 the past days.
Georgia’s Road Department announced the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi Road (Georgian Military Highway) would fully reopen at 5pm today.
One kilometre of the road near the border checkpoint was washed away on June 23 after it was completely demolished by a landslide.
"Once the road opens, certain restrictions will be imposed for all vehicles travelling along the road and Georgia’s Interior Ministry will control the traffic,” the Road Department said without specifying restriction details yet.
"Around the clock work by the Road Department and State Construction Company made it possible to reopen the road,” said the state agency.
The 134-135km section of the Military Highway closed at 6pm on June 23 after it was washed away by the landslide.
Georgia suggests alternative routes
Georgia’s Interior Ministry is offering several alternative routes for people wanting to go to Russia from Georgia but can’t as a landslide still blocks only road linking the two countries.
People wanting to go to Russia from Georgia are being helicoptered to the border by Georgian police after a landslide blocked the only road linking the two countries.
Georgia’s First Vice President, Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili believes it take about two weeks to rebuild a section of road that was swept away by a mud flow in northern Georgia yesterday.
A landslide has fallen in Devdoraki Gorge in northern Georgia, blocking roads and a checkpoint at the Georgia-Russia border.
The main road connecting Georgia and Russia has been closed again as meteorologists suggest the weather will worsen and another landslide could occur, potentially damaging the road and other infrastructure.
The main road connecting Georgia and Russia has reopened today but drivers must adhere to several rules when driving on the route, announced Georgia’s Ministry of Infrastructure.