Traffic from Georgia to Russia blocked due to adverse weather

Georgia, Tbilisi, Jan. 10 / Trend N. Kirtzkhalia / The traffic from Georgia to Russia has been blocked in connection with adverse weather. The Georgian Road Department told Trend that snowfall is observed on Gudauri-Kobi and Stepantsminda-Lars sections (a road towards "Lars" checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border) of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars highway. The movement of all kinds of vehicles has been prohibited because of the danger of avalanches and strong winds. As soon as there is no avalanche danger in this section, the snow-ploughs will clear the road. It should be stressed that there are a lot of cars in this section. They are mostly moving through Georgia from Armenia to Russia. The movement of trailers, semi-trailers and buses with a capacity of over 30 people has been prohibited on the highway Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars in Aragvispiri-Gudauri and Kobi-Stepantsminda sections. There is free movement of other vehicles in Aragvispiri-Gudauri section. The movement of other vehicles is allowed only by using special chains on Kobi-Stepantsminda section. The movement of trucks is allowed in gorge Gombori. Movement of other kinds of vehicles is allowed only by using special chains. The movement of trailers and semi-trailers in Gombori has been prohibited. Traffic in the region is being controlled by the police. Traffic is free on other parts of the highway. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az