site.btaBorder Traffic Update

Traffic is heavy at most border crossings, as reported on the General Directorate Border Police's website early Friday.

At the border with Romania, there is heavy traffic through the Kardam and Nikopol border control checkpoints for lorries exiting Bulgaria.

Due to repair works of the Giurgiu-Ruse bridge over the Danube on the Bulgarian side, traffic is controlled by traffic lights to let vehicles through in stages. Alternative routes can go through the checkpoints at Silistra, Kardam, Durankulak, Kaynardzha or Krushari. Kaynardzha and Krushari are open daily between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and lorries are not allowed through them.

Traffic at the border crossings with Greece is heavy at the Kulata checkpoint for passenger cars and lorries entering Bulgaria.

Considering the heavy traffic at the Kulata and Makaza checkpoints, travellers are advised if possible to use alternative routes through the Ilinden, Zlatograd or Kapitan Petko Voyvoda checkpoints, depending on their destination.

Only passenger cars and vans are allowed through the Makaza, Zlatograd and Ivaylovgrad checkpoints.

Traffic at the border crossings with Serbia is heavy for passenger cars at the Kalotina checkpoint.

Traffic at the border crossings with Turkiye is heavy at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint for passenger cars entering Bulgaria.

Traffic at the border crossings with the Republic of North Macedonia is normal.

At a meeting at the Ministry of Transport on Thursday, representatives of a dozen institutions discussed measures to ease heavy traffic. In connection with faster passage in the road repair and construction areas of the country, transport industry companies demanded to have police teams on bypass roads to avoid tension with the local residents. The Road Infrastructure Agency said steps are considered to work on construction sites at night to complete projects faster.