Tbilisi authorities to restrict Rustaveli Avenue traffic for New Year’s Eve illumination installation

Vehicle traffic on Rustaveli Avenue in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will be restricted between midnight and 6am on Tuesday and Wednesday to allow city services to install New Year’s Eve illuminations.

The restrictions will apply for the section between the First Republic Square and Freedom Square, the City Hall announced on Monday.

Drivers will be redirected to Leonidze, Ingorokva, Aleksandre Chavchavadze and Griboedovi streets, as well as Baratashvili and Tabukashvili streets. Motorists heading from Melikishvili street to the rest of Mtatsminda district streets will be diverted to Janashia, Tarkhnishvili, Tatishvili, Chovelidze and Zandukeli streets, and then to Barnovi, Gogebashvili and Dzmebi Kakabadzeebi streets.

Drivers heading in the direction of Melikishvili street and the area adjacent to the Rustaveli metro station will be able to head via Griboedovi, Makashvili, Barnovi and Shanidze streets. Traffic on Freedom Square will only be restricted toward Rustaveli Avenue.

Those heading to Freedom Square from the Rustaveli metro station adjacent area will be redirected to Javakhishvili street and the right bank of River Mtkvari.