The queue at Verkhniy Lars exceeded 1,400 trucks.
More than 1,400 heavy-duty vehicles have accumulated in North Ossetia at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint. Drivers of passenger cars are also awaiting the opening of the Georgian Military Highway.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the night of February 1, heavy-duty vehicles were prohibited from traveling along the Georgian Military Highway. The ban was imposed "due to the impossibility of ensuring the safe passage of vehicles, and taking into account the recommendations of the Georgian Border Police," the North Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
The Georgian Military Highway is the only highway that can be used to travel from Russia to Georgia and Armenia.
More than 1,400 heavy-duty trucks are waiting to leave the Georgian Military Highway, TASS reported this morning, citing the North Ossetian Traffic Management Center.
All types of vehicles leaving North Ossetia through the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint have been banned since the evening of February 2, according to information on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The ban was imposed "due to the deterioration of weather conditions in Georgia, the impossibility of ensuring safe passage "Vehicles, and also taking into account the recommendations of the Georgian Border Police," the publication explains.
Telegram users in the "Upper Lars Chat" chat are discussing the situation at Upper Lars today. "How's the road to Lars? I'm planning to leave, but I have summer tires," Gio inquired.
"Not worth it. People just got here on chains the day before yesterday," Nataliya Simakova replied. "Oh, I changed my mind about going)) I'll stay home instead," Gio wrote.
"Is the border itself closed or open?" Kavkaz asked. "Closed," introvertkate replied. "If the road is closed, even partially, then the border is closed. Because there's only one road," added Nataliya Simakova.
Caucasian Knot compiled advice for those who decide to travel along the Georgian Military Highway by car in the guide "To Georgia by Car: How to Avoid Getting Stuck at the Verkhniy Lars Checkpoint".