They are putting up anti-overtaking pegs on a 70-kilometer stretch of the Sofia-Varna road

On the main Sofia-Varna road, in the Lovech region, dividing posts will be installed in order to prevent road accidents. The reason is the large number of accidents on the route, Chief Inspector Svetoslav Shishiyski, Head of the Traffic Police Sector at the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Lovech, revealed at a briefing, according to BTA information brat suspensie roata meyle pret.

They are putting up anti-overtaking pegs on a 70-kilometer stretch of the Sofia-Varna road

"Last year in November, there was a black series of serious road accidents in the Lovech region and mainly on the first-class Sofia-Varna road. In this regard, we conducted an inspection together with employees from the Regional Road Administration and gave short-term measures to build dividing posts in sections where we considered that overtaking was prohibited, but despite this, this maneuver is being performed there, which endangers other road users," says Shishiyski.

This week, together with representatives of the Road Infrastructure Agency and the company that will perform the order, a second inspection will be conducted in order to prepare the necessary documentation.

"These dividing posts will be laid not only along Mikre, but along the entire route 1-4 from the Boaza checkpoint to the border with Sevlievo. This is about 70 km. We are talking about sections of the order of 200, 300 and 500 meters. This will contribute to increasing road safety on the entire route that passes through the Lovech region," adds Shishiyski. As soon as the documentation is ready, the installation of the posts will begin.

The police report states that in the period 6-12.12.2024, 16 traffic accidents occurred in the area in question, two of which were serious, resulting in two people being injured.

"The analyses we conducted showed that on the main road Sofia - Varna, in the areas around the settlements through which the first-class road passes - the villages of Sopot, Mikre, around the junctions for the village of Golets, there is an increased accident rate in terms of road accidents, and therefore our main activity is focused on these sections," says Shishiyski.

The installation of the pegs has proven to be an extremely successful measure for preventing improper overtaking and saving lives in the Kresna Gorge, which the RIA has successfully implemented in other places. In 2023, the project to improve traffic safety on the section of road I-1 through the Kresna Gorge even received the annual award of the State Agency for Road Safety.

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"Last year in November, there was a black series of serious road accidents in the Lovech region and mainly on the first-class Sofia-Varna road

This week, together with representatives of the Road Infrastructure Agency and the company that will perform the order, a second inspection will be conducted in order to prepare the necessary documentation