Kyiv’s Defense Council has allowed traffic on the South Bridge from the left to the right bank, while traffic from the right to the left bank will remain closed for now, and restrictions on traffic during air alert on the Podil Bridge and Darnytsia Railway Bridge will be partially lifted, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
“After consultations with the military, the Kyiv Defense Council allowed traffic on the South Bridge from the left to the right bank,” Klitschko said, as quoted by the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) press service in a Telegram message on Wednesday.
Klitschko noted that traffic on the South Bridge from the right to the left bank will remain closed for the time being, except for emergency services, public transport, military vehicles, and transit freight transport.
According to him, traffic restrictions will also be partially lifted during the air raid alert at the Podilskyi bridge crossing and Darnytskyi railway bridge. Only one lane from the left to the right bank will be closed on these bridges during the air alert.
Thus, traffic will move without restrictions: North Bridge; Metro Bridge; Ovchinnikov Bridge; Paton Bridge. E.O. Paton Bridge; Darnytsia Railway Bridge (except for one lane); Podilskyi Bridge Crossing (except for one lane); and the South Bridge – from the left to the right bank.