Almost an hour without traffic: the highway Odesa — Mykolaiv stands in a multi-kilometer traffic jam
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- Alisa Melik-Adamian
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18:30, 28 November, 2023
A multi-kilometer traffic jam has formed on the Mykolaiv — Odesa highway.
Drivers report this in the Viber group Road accidents and roads in Mykolaiv, writes NikVesti.
People are advised not to go on a long road, because they are stuck in a traffic jam for almost two hours.
«Who is planning to go from Odesa to Mykolaiv, think again and sleep better there. Almost an hour without traffic,» the driver reports.
In response, other drivers inform him that the traffic is complicated by the fact that cars leave the oncoming lane and stand on the sides of the road.
It is worth adding that traffic on this section of the M-14 highway was complicated due to the fact that the entrance to Odesa for trucks was closed.
Only from 6:00 p.m., the Service for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in the Odesa Region lifted the restrictions from the Odesa — Reni route.
In addition, as of now in Mykolaiv, traffic in the center is also complicated.
Earlier, three more roads were opened for passenger transport in the Mykolaiv region.
We will remind, on the evening of November 25, Mykolaiv and the region were covered by heavy snowfall. The equipment of the utility company «ELU Avtodorig» began to work on the city's roads.
On the state roads M-15 Odesa — Reni (to Bucharest) and M-28 Odesa — Yuzhne — /M-14/ (bypass Odesa) traffic was temporarily blocked for heavy trucks. As a result of bad weather in the Odesa region on November 26, almost 50 car accidents occurred in just a few hours.
In the Mykolaiv region, as of November 26, electricity supply was restored in 10 settlements that were cut off due to bad weather. Another 61 settlements are still without electricity.
The State Emergency Service reported that the rescuers of the Mykolaiv region pulled out 84 vehicles from snowdrifts during the day, from November 26 to 7 in the morning on November 27.
In Ukraine, due to a blizzard, traffic was blocked on 14 highways, rescuers towed 840 cars and provided assistance to more than 1,900 people.