Muscovites warned about traffic jams up to 9 points due to restrictions

Traffic congestion in Moscow can reach 8-9 points due to traffic restrictions in the city center, the Moscow Department of Transport reported.

From 10:00 until the end of the event, the movement will be closed on Moskvoretskaya Street, Tverskaya Street (from Tversky Boulevard to Mokhovaya Street), Mokhovaya Street (from Vozdvizhenka Street to Tverskaya Street), Okhotny Ryad, Petrovka (from Dmitrov Lane to Theatralny Passage), Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street (from Romanov Lane to Mokhovaya Street), Ilyinka and Varvarka.

Restrictions will also affect New and Old Square, Moskvoretskaya and Kremlin embankments, Bolshoi Moskvoretsky and Small Ustya bridges, Theatre and Kitaigorod passages. From 16:00 traffic will be additionally blocked on the streets of Volkhonka and Lenivka, in the Soimonovskaya passage and on the Prechistenskaya embankment from the Big Stone Bridge to Novokrymskaya passage.

In deptrans, it is recommended to choose urban transport for trips. Metro, Moscow Central Ring (MCK) and Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) work according to the schedule, regardless of the situation on the roads. Parking on Varwarke Street is prohibited until 23:59 on October 29.

The closure of roads in the capital is associated with the holding of the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow.

The Russia-Africa summit will be held on October 28-29. It includes more than 40 business events, as well as a media forum and youth events at MGIMO. Representatives of 48 out of 54 African countries, including 22 heads of state, will take part in them.

On the eve in the center of the capital, in particular on the Okhotny Ryad and China-city, mobile Internet was working on “white lists”. The Ministry reported on restrictions in the center of Moscow on October 27-29 to ensure the security of two international summits.