At the border with Turkey, traffic is intense at the border checkpoints - checkpoints (checkpoints) “Captain Andreevo” and “Lesovo” at the exit for trucks, reports on its website the Main Directorate “Border Police” of the Ministry of the Interior according to data as of 6:00 this morning.
Nearly 40 kilometers is the line of trucks in front of the "Captain Andreevo" checkpoint. in the direction of Turkey. The column of people waiting to cross to our south-eastern neighbor tires on the "Maritsa" highway. reached the junction for Harmanli, regional governor Mehmed Ataman told BTA last night. He assured that he had conversations with both the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the "Border Police" to prevent accidents when heavy goods transport is on the road. Gendarmerie forces are also on the scene. The regional governor of Haskovo also said that he is thinking about providing help with food and water to truck drivers, which will be discussed tomorrow morning with the leadership of the Bulgarian Red Cross. For now, however, according to him, there are not enough mobile toilets.
Over 12 kilometers long queue of trucks has formed in front of the "Lesovo" checkpoint. The column of trucks waiting on the international road I-7 to cross to Turkey has reached the village of Malko Kirilovo, Elhovo municipality, the regional governor of Yambol Nikolay Kostadinov announced last night. He added that an organization was created in order not to increase the "plug". The tires are stopped before the four-lane expansion of the road, in the area of the former airport runway near the village of Tenevo, the regional governor said. The trucks are waiting there in place, and the column there is about two kilometers, specified last night the director of the Regional Road Administration, Eng. Galin Kostov.
Traffic is also intense at some of the border points with Romania and Greece, the “Border Police” this morning.
On the border with Romania, traffic is intense at the border crossings “Kardam”, “ Ruse”, “Vidin” and “Nikopol” at the exit for trucks.
Due to a major repair of the Bulgarian section of the Danube bridge near Ruse, a temporary organization of traffic has been introduced, with the traffic taking place in one lane with a through mode and regulated by a traffic light system. In addition to the Ruse checkpoint, drivers in the region can also go to the Silistra checkpoint, Kardam checkpoint, Durankulak checkpoint, Kaynardzha checkpoint. and "Krushari" border crossing. The last two are open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day, trucks are not allowed to pass through them.
On the border with Greece, the traffic is intense at the "Tower" checkpoint. at the exit for trucks.
Through the "Makaza" and "Zlatograd" border crossing points and “Ivaylovgrad“ only cars and vans are allowed to pass.
On the borders with Serbia and the Republic of North Macedonia, traffic is normal at all border points, the “Border Police” added.