Due to the mass exodus of tourists from Sochi, huge traffic jams have formed on the resort's roads. This was reported by press service of the Black Sea Road Management Company.
It should be noted that yesterday, social media users began to complain en masse about traffic jams. In the direction from the Lazarevsky District to central Sochi. According to tourists, the severe traffic jams could have been caused by the accident that occurred near Dagomys on the night of August 27.
"The road in this section has been operating normally since 8:00 a.m. Road crews began clearing the shoulders of debris left behind by the accident on the evening of August 27, after traffic flow out of Sochi had decreased, reaching peak levels for August 2019 during the daytime on the 26th and 27th. This situation is logically linked to the imminent end of the summer vacation season and the mass departure of tourists in private vehicles," the Chernomorye press service stated, emphasizing that the peak traffic volume on the A-147 Dzhubga-Sochi highway for the day on August 26 exceeded 46,700 vehicles. "Therefore, at the end of August 2019, congestion on the A-147 out of Sochi reached 678,5%," the company emphasized.
Source: trn-news.ru