ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 7 Emergency situation on the section of the M-4 Don highway near Rostov-on -Don, formed due to the snowfall on March 31, is due to the fact that the authorities reacted late to the situation and there was no coordinated work of departments, the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev stated on Friday.
Sleet with rain, turning into snowfall, began in the Rostov region on the night of March 30. Many kilometers of traffic jams formed on the M-4 Don highway, and traffic was completely blocked on the section of the highway in the Kamensky district. Due to bad weather, the state of emergency was introduced in five municipalities of the Rostov region.
«My opinion is that there was no well-coordinated work at the beginning of this process. The road was closed very late from the side of Voronezh and Krasnodar,» Golubev said at an extraordinary meeting of the commission on road safety in the government of the region.
He drew attention to the fact that the necessary measures to clear the route for traffic were coordinated for a very long time.
«Within a few hours, the departments coordinated the issue «To cut barriers or not to cut?» at the federal level. At least four hours late on the part of Avtodor in order to take measures to normalize traffic. It is impossible to continue working like this «, Golubev said.