Contingency traffic arrangements between Kyiv’s left and right banks to take effect on November 9
Contingency traffic arrangements between the left and right banks in Kyiv will take effect on November 9.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi announced the changes, Censor.NET reports.
"In response to additional security challenges in Kyiv, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is introducing contingency traffic arrangements to ease congestion on bridges and improve traffic flow," the statement said.
How will traffic change?
- Paton Bridge: Police will introduce reversible lanes. In the morning (07:00–10:00 a.m.), three of the five lanes will carry traffic toward the right bank. In the evening (4:00–8:00 p.m.), three lanes will carry traffic toward the left bank.
- Pivnichnyi Bridge: Patrol officers will divert trucks approaching the bridge to the Podilskyi Bridge crossing. Public transport will resume from the left bank to the right bank. From the right bank to the left bank, both passenger cars and public transport will be allowed to cross again.
- Pivdennyi Bridge: Trucks traveling from the left bank to the right bank will be diverted via Darnytskyi Bridge. No restrictions will be introduced for passenger cars or public transport.
Detailed traffic plans will be published shortly on the Patrol Police’s pages. Police are urging drivers to follow the restrictions and plan their routes in advance.
"Police will also inspect the approaches to the bridges and the busiest stretches of road. We are counting on the Kyiv city authorities to cooperate in reorganizing traffic," the minister’s statement said.
The statement said more police crews were deployed in Kyiv on November 8 to direct traffic, ease congestion on the bridges and assist drivers.
