The closed II-84 Yakoruda-Velingrad road for heavy goods vehicles remains inaccessible to vehicles over 12 tons. This is provoking tension among carriers and businesses in the region, as the detour is long by about 140 km in each direction.
Tomorrow, November 14, at 10:00 a.m., heavy goods drivers will again gather for a rally near the failed section to express disagreement with the decision of the Road Infrastructure Agency not to permit passage over the landslide on road II-84 (Yundola - Yakoruda - Belitsa - Razlog). They demand a discussion with a representative of APi and state that traffic can be conducted safely with trucks over 12 tons.
According to the carriers, the detour via Belitsa, Gotse Delchev, Satovcha, Dospat, Sarnitsa and Velingrad is longer, riskier, and in winter is unusable for them, which further worsens costs and risk for regional business. Lazar Mratzenkov from Belitsa described the situation as potentially driving local businesses to bankruptcy if the ban remains in force.
The Regional Road Administration – Blagoevgrad clarified that it has sent the necessary documentation to APi, but first a project must be prepared, after which construction of a new supporting wall can begin. Temporarily, it is proposed to open one lane of the nearby 35-kilometer section during the repairs to ease traffic. If the protesting parties' demands remain unresolved, they state that they are prepared for drastic action and possibly road blockades in the region.
The current position of APi remains that the ban on heavy goods vehicles over 12 tons will continue until the supporting wall is completed and the safety of the section is improved.
Source: Илинден Прес
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