Traffic jams hit St. Petersburg Friday morning after officials closed several major roads without warning residents. The Liteiny Bridge connecting downtown to the Vyborg District came to a standstill. Drivers found they could not use the embankment from Primorskoye Shosse toward the city center. Speed limits decreased on Nevsky Prospekt. The Ring Road exit to Shafirovsky Prospekt shut down completely.
Arsenalnaya, Sverdlovskaya, Voskresenskaya embankments, and Shpalernaya Street are also closed to traffic. City congestion reached six out of ten points on the traffic scale. Frustrated motorists complained online that they would be stuck all day. The closures appear linked to a Commonwealth of Independent States meeting happening at the Tauride Palace. The event celebrates the 80th Victory anniversary with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko leading proceedings.
Matviyenko and parliament heads from CIS nations laid flowers at Piskarevskoye Cemetery earlier. Representatives from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan attended. Previous reports mentioned restrictions on Primorskoye Highway because of road repairs.
Arsenalnaya, Sverdlovskaya, Voskresenskaya embankments, and Shpalernaya Street are also closed to traffic. City congestion reached six out of ten points on the traffic scale. Frustrated motorists complained online that they would be stuck all day. The closures appear linked to a Commonwealth of Independent States meeting happening at the Tauride Palace. The event celebrates the 80th Victory anniversary with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko leading proceedings.
Matviyenko and parliament heads from CIS nations laid flowers at Piskarevskoye Cemetery earlier. Representatives from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan attended. Previous reports mentioned restrictions on Primorskoye Highway because of road repairs.
