Transport collapse expected in Moscow due to Victory Parade rehearsal

At 18:00 large-scale street closures will begin in Moscow due to the rehearsal for the Victory Parade. The traffic police will restrict travel on Leningradsky Prospekt, Tverskaya, Mokhovaya and other streets in the center of Moscow. Yandex expects a transport collapse and 9-point traffic jams. The Moscow City Hall recommends that drivers avoid traveling by car. The situation may be complicated by thunderstorms and hail.

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On Wednesday, April 29, from 18:00, restrictions on the passage of military equipment will be introduced in the area from Khodynskoye Pole (Aviakonstruktora Mikoyan Street), further along Leningradsky Prospekt, Tverskaya Street, Vasilievsky Spusk, Kremlin Embankment and Okhotny Ryad.

Yandex expects a serious complication of the transport situation. The day before, on Tuesday, the level of traffic jams was measured at seven points, which is one point more than usual. And today, as a result of the closures, Yandex.Traffic reports on Twitter, “it will be much more difficult”: “the entire center will be stopped.”

Map of road closures for tonight: https://t.co/NP5yUtGAfx But the whole center will stop.
— Yandex.Traffic (@yandexprobki) April 29, 2015

“If traffic really starts to be blocked as early as 18:00, when the center of Moscow is usually the busiest, by 19:00 we can expect traffic jams of nine,” said the Yandex analyst. Traffic jams” Leonid Mednikov. “However, last year we observed that in fact the traffic was blocked later than planned. A significant part of the cars had already left the center by that time, and the impact from the overlap was not so significant. If this time the traffic is blocked at least an hour later than scheduled, this will help avoid a collapse.”

Tanks will block roads

“The event is planned to start at 18:00, but not all streets will be blocked at the same time,” the capital’s “Road Traffic Management Center” reported . “The column will move out from the side of Khodynsky Field, traffic restrictions in the center will be introduced later. We ask drivers, if possible, to avoid traveling by car and use public transport, and to plan their movements in accordance with traffic restrictions and the timing of the introduction of closures.”

The transport situation can also be complicated by weather conditions. “In the capital region, as the occlusion front approaches from the southeast, powerful cumulonimbus clouds will develop,” reports the Meteonovosti website . “From 13:30 to 21:00 in Moscow and the Moscow region, short rain, thunderstorms, and strong winds are expected with gusts up to 15 m/s, hail is possible.”

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