Traffic to be restricted in Tbilisi for city festival Tbilisoba 2022
Drivers are allowed to move on the left bank of the Mtkvari River using a tunnel. Photo: Tbilisi city hall
Tweet 
Share
Vehicle traffic will be restricted in Tbilisi due to the events planned for celebrating the Georgian capital’s annual city festival, Tbilisoba 2022, this weekend, Tbilisi city hall announced on Thursday.
Starting at midnight on Friday, motor traffic movement will be temporarily prohibited on Europe Square and Metekhi Bridge, from Gorgasali Square in the direction of Metekhi Bridge, from Metekhi rise to Europe Square, and from the left bank tunnel of the Mtkvari River towards Europe Square.
On the right bank of the Mtkvari River, drivers will be able to move from Gorgasali Street towards the right bank of the River and from Gorgasali Square to Kote Abkhazi Street, also from Tumaniani Street in the direction of Vakhtang Gorgasali Street.
Drivers are allowed to move on the left bank of the Mtkvari River using a tunnel.
Vehicle traffic movement will be also restricted from Abano Street towards Grishashvili Street, and access to the latter street will be possible through Firdous and Ibrahim Isfahanli Streets, Tbilisi city hall said, adding regular traffic access would resume on October 3.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will celebrate the annual city festival on the first weekend of October with events for both children and adults, mayor Kakha Kaladze said earlier on Tuesday.
Vehicle traffic in Tbilisi will be restricted due to preparations being made for marking Georgian Independence Day next week, the Interior Ministry has revealed.
Tbilisoba City Fest 2021, which was slated for October 24, has been cancelled following the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.
This year's Tbilisoba city festival, an open-air gathering of citizens and visitors of Georgia's capital city to mark its history and cultural delights, will not have a customary run in streets, switching instead to a televised format for its performances as a precaution from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi is celebrating the annual city festival Tbilisoba 2022 on the weekend, after a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with various events planned at different locations in the capital.
Traffic movement and municipal transport routes will be restricted on downtown Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue between late on Tuesday and Monday next week for planned road repair works, Tbilisi city hall has announced.
Vehicle traffic on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue will be restricted for six hours between midnight on Wednesday and 6am on Thursday to allow city service professionals to remove illuminations installed for Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Vehicle traffic on Tbilisi’s Melikishvili and Qetevan Dedofali avenues will be restricted for six hours between midnight on Saturday and 6am on Sunday to allow city service employees to remove illuminations installed for New Year’s Eve and Christmas celebrations, Tbilisi City Hall said on Friday.
Tbilisi Open Air Museum on the hillside leading to the capital city’s Turtle Lake will feature festive celebrations introducing dance, folklore, cuisine and other aspects of Georgian culture in celebration of the annual Tbilisoba city festival this weekend.