On the last working day before the Easter holidays, trucks of over 12 tonnes will banned from the motorways and busiest roads from 4 pm to 8 pm. The measure aims to increase safety and ease car traffic, the Road Infrastructure Agency said.
The heaviest car traffic is expected at about 2 pm, and traffic tomorrow will likely be heavy, too, Maria Boteva from Traffic Police told a briefing, quoted by Focus News Agency.
The ban on truck traffic will apply to the following road sections:
- the motorways;
- road I-1 Rebarkovo-Botevgrad, with traffic redirected on II-16 Rebarkovo-Svoge-Sofia ring road in the direction of Sofia;
- I-1 from Blagoevgrad to Kulata border checkpoint;
- I-4 Koritna-Veliko Tarnovo-Shumen;
- I-5 Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo;
- I-8 Kalotina checkpoint-Sofia;
- I-9 Varna-Burgas;
- II-18 Sofia ring road;
- II-99 Burgas-Tsarevo.
Heavy trucks will also be banned on the last holiday, April 29, from 2 pm to 8 pm.

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