Movement banned on Gudauri-Kobi road due to avalanche hazard
Movement has also been banned for trailers on the Akhalkalaki-Kartsakhi road near the border with Turkey. Photo: Roads Department of Georgia.
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Movement has been banned on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi road, as there is an avalanche hazard due to intense snowfall, announced the Roads Department of Georgia earlier today.
The department says that vehicles can move along other sections of the road.
Movement has been banned for trailers and semi-trailers on the Nakerala pass section (km39-km60) of the Kutaisi-Tkibuli-Ambrolauri road (western Georgia).
Vehicles can move along other sections of the Kutaisi-Tkibuli-Ambrolauri road, says the Roads Department of Georgia
Movement has also been banned for trailers on the Akhalkalaki-Kartsakhi road near the border with Turkey.
The Gudauri-Kobi road section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi route, connecting Georgia to Russia, is closed to all vehicles due to the threat of avalanche.
Movement has been banned for all types of vehicles on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi road and Koda-Partskhisi-Manglisi-Tsalka-Ninotsminda secondary road (Paravani Pass), as there is an avalanche hazard due to rapid rising air temperature, reports the Roads Department of Georgia.
Movement has been banned on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi road (eastern Georgia), due to strong wind and limited visibility reported the Roads Department of Georgia earlier today.
A team of nine will be trained in Georgia for three years by French experts to identify avalanche zones and study ways of mitigating avalanche threats by three different mechanisms, announces the Mountain Resorts Development Company.
Heavy frost has destroyed crops in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia and killed cattle over the past two days, say local farmers, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.