Vehicle traffic on the road through the Rikoti Pass connecting the eastern and western parts of Georgia is still closed while the consequences of a landslide are being cleared."According to the conclusion of our geologists, the Georgian highways department staff have built retaining walls designed to strengthen the soil from landslides. Parallel to this, new asphalt covering is being laid at a number of places on the road," Novosti Gruziya quotes a statement by the ministry of regional development of the country.The Rikoti Pass was closed to vehicle traffic in the morning of Tuesday June 17 for safety after a landslide convergence on the 146th kilometer of tge Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze Highway, which completely blocked the route carriageway.The temporary ban on movement of motor transport was imposed on the pass on June 12, when there was a rockfall on the same 146th kilometer of the road.
Vehicle traffic on the road through the Rikoti Pass connecting the eastern and western parts of Georgia is still closed while the consequences of a landslide are being cleared.
"According to the conclusion of our geologists, the Georgian highways department staff have built retaining walls designed to strengthen the soil from landslides. Parallel to this, new asphalt covering is being laid at a number of places on the road," Novosti Gruziya quotes a statement by the ministry of regional development of the country.
The Rikoti Pass was closed to vehicle traffic in the morning of Tuesday June 17 for safety after a landslide convergence on the 146th kilometer of tge Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze Highway, which completely blocked the route carriageway.
The temporary ban on movement of motor transport was imposed on the pass on June 12, when there was a rockfall on the same 146th kilometer of the road.
