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Traffic Along Sofia's Cherni Vrah Blvd To Restart in mid-December
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Traffic along Sofia’s Cherni vrah Blvd will be permitted again as of the middle of December.
Maintenance works continued nearly 5 months and the boulevard now has four lanes.
Mayor Yordanka Fandakova thanked the citizens for their patience.
“I am grateful for the patience of both residents and workers because they travelled under very harsh conditions for months,” said Fandakova.
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