Congestion (photos) near Vilnius came into effect after the ban on moving between municipalities came into force – MadeinVilnius.lt

After the ban on moving between the country’s municipalities came into effect in Lithuania, there were traffic jams at the Vilnius exit on Saturday.

According to Julia Samorokovskaya, a representative of the Vilnius County Police, in Vilnius County alone 8,103 cars were inspected on Saturday afternoon, of which 189 were turned over.

“There have been traffic jams since the traffic restrictions were announced at midnight, so this morning’s traffic showed that people were traveling and, if necessary, it was being checked by officials,” the head of the department of communications.

According to her, the inspections also revealed 19 violations of traffic regulations, four of them due to drunken drivers, eight protocols were drawn up for non-compliance with quarantine requirements and one drove without rights.

Kaunas County Police Representative Odeta Vaitkevičienė informed BNS that there are no traffic jams at county posts and that there are not many drivers turned off either, but the exact data will be on Sunday.

The driving ban between the country’s municipalities, except ring roads, came into force in Lithuania from midnight on Saturday. The ban was renewed by the government until April 6 inclusive to stop the spread of COVID-19.

According to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, this change sends a message to residents that everyone will be home for Easter.

As with the previous restrictions, it is possible to move between ring municipalities and metropolitan areas, travel for work, travel to and from airports and seaports and bus stations, and for other important reasons.

Author Erika Alonderytė

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