Traffic restricted on seven road sections due to heavy snowfall in Georgia

The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia has announced today that seven road sections are facing traffic restrictions due to heavy snowfall.

The restrictions are as follows:

• Movement of semi-trailers and trailers is prohibited on the Gudauri-Kobi section of eastern Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi route
• Due to heavy snow, a 50 kilometer section of the Khashuri-Akhaltsikhe-Vale road section, movement is restricted for semi-trailers and trailers
• Traffic on Mleta-Gudauri and Gudauri-Kobi road sections is allowed non-stop only inside avalanche protecting tunnels
• Only off-road traffic is allowed on the 20-kilometre section of Batumi-Akhaltsikhe highway
• Trailers, semi-trailers with a capacity of more that 30 seats are prohibited on the first 22 kilometre of the Alpana-Tsageri road, while other types of vehicles are allowed with anti-skid chains.  The vehicles with two or more tandem-drive axles are also allowed
• Due to heavy snow, the movement of trucks is prohibited on the Nakerala Pass section of the Kutaisi-Tkibuli-Ambrolauri highway and on the Sachkhere-Oni highway
• Due to heavy snow, low temperature and poor visibility, trailers and semi-trailers are prohibited on nearly 100 km of the Gomi-Sachkhere-Chiatura-Zestaponi highway (km18-km106).

The Roads Department said major efforts to clean the roads are currently underway.