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“The relatively good decline in mobility jumped again earlier this week … I would suggest refraining from changes that significantly encourage mobility, especially on holidays, when people are asked to stay home,” said the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė at the meeting.
The amendment on the movement of the population in the municipalities of the ring road was proposed to the Cabinet of Ministers by the Government’s Emergency Commission, taking into account the initiative of the police who control the roads.
Police said many urban residents are connected to districts and vice versa, and this will also avoid congestion and help save the capacity of officers during checks.
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the police, along with border guards, shooters and military police, are carrying out mass movement controls.
It was run last weekend, as well as from Wednesday to the end of this week, among other things, to also monitor the planned movement for the New Year period.
Congestion formed on the roads
After checkpoints at the entrances to municipal centers were reopened on Wednesday, short-lived congestion formed, less than last weekend, in large cities, police say.
Ramūnas Matonis, a representative from the Police Department, told BNS that the biggest traffic jams had formed at the entrances to Vilnius, where some drivers may have to wait around half an hour.
It is true that the queues were extended only at the entrances to Panevėžys and Molėtai, and the traffic on the roads to Kaunas or Alytus was normal.
According to R. Matonis, congestion is also forming in the approaches to Kaunas, but they are small and do not match the scale of last weekend.
In Klaipėda, the only queue of cars forms at the roundabout when arriving from Kaunas on highway A1, the police did not notice any disturbances on other roads leading to the city.
Police resumed mass car inspections at 1 p.m. Wednesday to enforce a ban on residents moving between municipalities without good reason. These points will run until the end of the week.
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government unnecessarily banned movement between municipalities until January 3. Police ordered mass inspections of running cars on weekends and holidays.
Police are urging residents who are traveling to provide documents proving their right to move.
People can travel for work, to the doctor or to the funeral.
On Wednesday, the government also clarified the conditions of the move and decided that no more than two people or people living together can drive the car.
The police have proposed to the government to change the movement restrictions between the ring municipalities, but the cabinet has rejected the proposal.
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