Snow is falling above 1,500 meters above sea level in the Smolyan region, the duty officer at the Regional Road Administration (OPU) told BTA.
The road conditions are normal and clean. The passages – Prevala, Pamporovo, Rozhen, Pechinsko are passable in winter conditions.
Outside the canvas on the high parts, the snow cover reaches up to 10 centimeters.
In the Shipka pass, the weather is cloudy with snowfall. The road surfaces are covered with snow and treated, visibility is reduced to 50 meters in some places due to snowdrifts. The temperature is minus 3 degrees, two snow machines are working.
The weather is cloudy and raining in the Passage of the Republic. Road surfaces are wet, visibility reduced to 50 meters due to fog. The temperature is minus 1 degree, four machines are working.
On the highway “Thrace“ in the Stara Zagora region, the weather is cloudy with rain, the road surfaces are wet, visibility is good, and the temperature is six degrees.
In the section of the highway “Maritsa“ it is also cloudy in the district, the surfaces are wet, and the temperature is seven degrees, the Regional Road Administration added.
Roads in Pernishka region have been cleaned, passable in winter conditions and treated against icing.
During the night, about 30 snow plows worked on the roads in the region.
More snow has fallen mainly in the highlands and mountainous areas of the region.
Many of the road arteries have already been cleared to asphalt.
In the past 24 hours, no information has been received about any problems, added Vaklinova.