The head of the Ministry of Transport of Crimea, Nikolay Lukashenko, reported that the traffic line on the Crimean Bridge, linking the Republic of Crimea with the Krasnodar Territory, was fully cleared on Sunday morning, and the queue length on the Krasnodar Territory side had decreased. The information was shared via the Telegram channel of the source cited in the report.
According to Lukashenko, at 06:00 the route through the Crimean Bridge and the Republic of Crimea to the Krasnodar Territory was free from traffic jams, with a typical waiting time of up to 1.5 hours previously, and a queue length of up to 3 kilometers earlier in the morning. There were no traffic jams on the alternative route through the Republic of Crimea toward the Krasnodar Territory at that time, as he relayed.
Earlier, Leonid Ivlev, a deputy in the State Duma representing Crimea, stated during the holiday period that additional checkpoints at the Crimean Bridge should be established and the number of traffic controllers increased to handle elevated passenger flow.
On July 1, a lengthy traffic jam formed at the entrance to the Crimean Bridge, reaching several kilometers in the morning and ultimately extending to about 5 kilometers. The Ministry of Transport attributed the jam to the growing number of vehicles and the volume of luggage subject to inspection. Units of the Ministry’s Department of Traffic Safety increased the number of inspection posts and shifts to manage the heightened check requirements.
An incident involving a collision between an older Mercedes occurred elsewhere in the city, described as a head-on crash in Moscow. This event was noted in relation to broad traffic safety discussions though it did not involve the Crimean Bridge traffic directly.