“Due to worsening weather conditions (severe snowstorm, visibility restrictions), on the basis of an order of the Ministry of Transport of the Orenburg Region, from 21:30 local time on December 31, 2019, traffic for all types of vehicles on the federal highway section M-5 km 170 (n Krasnoshchekovo settlement) - km 260 (the village of Gai), as well as on the Kamennoozernoye – Mednogorsk highway section, 177-184 km, ”the statement reads on the agency’s website.
It is also reported that EMERCOM, police, and road service officers left for the place.
In November, the Tymovskoye-Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky highway in the Sakhalin Oblast was blocked due to the technical impossibility to ensure safe traffic in icy conditions.