Heavy snowfall affects traffic movement across Georgia
The movement of trailers and semi-trailers was also restored on the 132 km - 163 km Surami-Sakasria section of the international Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway. Photo: Roads Department of Georgia/Facebook
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Heavy snowfall across Georgia has affected traffic movement, causing problems on central roads and highways.
The snowfall has created problems on the internal rural roads in the highlands of Adjara in Georgia’s west and according to the local media outlets, the locals are unable to reach the administrative units. Additionally, there has been a power outage in seven villages in the Khulo Municipality.
The cleaning works on internal rural roads have been “intensively” underway and the traffic movement towards the Goderdzi ski resort, the highlands of Adjara, is possible by off-road vehicles, the Mayor of Khulo, Vakhtang Beridze, told the local media outlet Interpressnews, adding the power supply would be restored shortly to all the villages.
After cleaning the roads, the Roads Department of Georgia on Sunday lifted the restrictions imposed the day before on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the internationally important Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi highway and the traffic movement for the trailers and semi-trailers have been restored, the Department stated.
The movement of trailers and semi-trailers was also restored on the 132 km - 163 km Surami-Sakasria section of the international Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway.
The Roads Department of Georgia imposed restrictions on several road sections across the country due to heavy snowfall on Wednesday.
Scheduled Renovation works on the Kareli-Agara-Khashuri-Surami road in the central Shida Kartli region will close for two days this week, the Roads Department announced on Monday.
Movement of heavy trucks has been prohibited on the Gudauri-Kobi section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi road connecting Georgia to Russia due to heavy snowfall, the Roads Department of Georgia announced on Monday.
The roads department of the Georgian ministry of infrastructure and regional developments has imposed restrictions on several road sections across the country due to heavy snowfall on Friday.
Roads in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi are being cleared following overnight snowfall as temperatures fell to the freezing threshold between Sunday and Monday.
The Roads Department of Georgia has imposed restrictions for traffic on sections of roads across the country following overnight snowfall between Sunday and Monday.
Heavy snowfall and strong winds continued to cause disruptions across Georgia on Wednesday, with road access restricted and residential locations left without power following successive days of adverse weather conditions.
Municipal services are using technical salt to de-ice roads in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi following successive days of snowfall and low temperatures across the country, Davit Pachulia, the Director of the cleaning and waste management company Tbilservice Group said on Wednesday.
Over 300 municipal service employees are working round-the-clock to de-ice roads in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi following days of ongoing snowfall and low temperatures, Davit Pachulia, the Director of the cleaning and waste management company Tbilservice Group said on Thursday.