Traffic

There is a 15-km queue of trucks at Danube Bridge Russe, reported BGNES.

Traffic jams started forming in the afternoon as many people began returning from work and they cannot move on due to the trucks.

The situation was complicated further by snow-cleaning machines. Traffic is regulated by three units of Border Police and their colleagues from Road Police.

There is a kilometer-long queue of trucks and cars at the exit of Dobrich in the direction of Varna.

Due to deteriorating meteorological conditions, the road was closed on Tuesday night and traffic of all types of vehicles is still banned along that route, reported BNR.

Forecast snowfall and cold weather have badly affected Istanbul's rush-hour traffic, increasing the traffic density to up to 90 percent. 

Breakdowns and small-scale accidents brought traffic to a near halt while a number of cars were slowed to a crawl on major highways. 

The snowfall is forecast to last all night as well as Saturday.

More than 10,000 traffic violations have been sanctioned during the holidays, mostly speeding, driving under the influence, and failure to wear a seat belt.

This is according to Aleksandar Radenkovic of the Traffic Police, who added that approximately 500 drunk drivers were discovered over this period and excluded from traffic.

Chief Directorate National Police has called on drivers not to travel during the period January 5-7 unless it is extremely necessary, announced the press centre of the Interior Ministry.

Hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians are on the move on the last day of the Christmas holidays - December 26.

Intense traffic is expected at the entries of large cities, reported Nova TV. Additional road police units will be deployed there in order to ease traffic.

Road police officers are beginning mass inspections in the country in order to check whether drivers have prepared their vehicles for the winter.

Under Operation Winter, drivers may now be fined between BGN 20 and BGN 50 if their lights, tyres and the heating inside the car are not in order. The fine may reach BGN 150 for more serious offences.

The flow of traffic on different sections of Olympias Street in central Piraeus is being diverted due to construction work for the local tramline.

The round-the-clock disruption will continue until January 2, 2017, according to local authorities, who are advising drivers to follow road signs in place for the duration of the construction work.

There is an enormous queue of vehicles on the Hemus highway, from Yablanitsa in the direction of Sofia.

Traffic is very heavy at the Vitinya and Topli dol tunnels.

There have been over 2,000 traffic-related accidents at pedestrian crossings in the three largest cities - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna in the period January, 2013-June, 2016, showed data presented by the Interior Ministry.