Select Tbilisi streets to see restricted traffic for Christmas march

A customary event involving children singing Christmas carols and gathering presents to be later donated to charity. Photo via City Council

Agenda.ge, 06 Jan 2023 - 18:25, Tbilisi,Georgia

Vehicle traffic in select streets of Tbilisi will be restricted to allow holding of the annual alilo Christmas marches on Saturday, Tbilisi City Hall announced on Friday.

Set to run over several hours starting at 12:00 pm, the march - a customary event involving children singing Christmas carols and gathering presents to be later donated to charity - will see participants walk from the First Republic Square to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, passing through Rustaveli Avenue, Freedom Square, Baratashvili Street and Avlabari Square.

To allow the march through the major downtown sections, traffic will be redirected to Leonidze, Ingorokva, Aleksandre Chavchavadze, Baratashvili, Tabukashvili and Griboedovi streets.

Drivers heading from Melikishvili Street to other streets in the Mtatsminda district will be diverted to Janashia, Tarkhnishvili, Tatishvili, Chovelidze and Zandukeli Streets, and then to Barnovi, Gogebashvili and Dzmebi Kakabadzeebi streets.

Restrictions for traffic will also be applied from Kote Apkhazi and Shalva Dadiani streets in the direction of Freedom Square, as well as towards Rustaveli Avenue from Lesia Ukrainka, Jorjadze, Chichinadze, April 9, Furtseladze and Gudiashvili streets.

Traffic will be allowed on Rustaveli Avenue up to Chanturia Street, city authorities also added.

Motorists heading in the direction of Freedom Square from the Rustaveli metro station adjacent area will be redirected to Javakhishvili Street and the right bank of River Mtkvari.

Public transport routes will also be affected, with the N308 bus connecting to Baratashvili Street from Galaktion Bridge through the right bank of Mtkvari, Bus N359 being redirected from Javakhishvili Street towards Kostava Street and then through Melikishvili Avenue.

Due to restrictions on Avlabari Square, public transport will move using Bochorma and Ialbuzi streets, then connect to Mtkvari right bank and Baratashvili street, the City Hall said.