Snow and blizzard make driving difficult throughout Latvia

There is ice and snow on the roads throughout Latvia on Wednesday, November 20 morning, making it difficult to drive on the main roads. In some places, blizzards impair visibility, Latvian State Roads reported.

In order to improve driving conditions, 117 winter service technical units are involved in road maintenance work.

Difficult driving conditions are on the main roads A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A15, and P80. 

On regional roads, difficult driving conditions are in the vicinity of Rīga, Ogre, Aizkraukle, Madona, Dobele, Jelgava, Gulbene, Smiltene, Saldus, Talsi, Jēkabpils, Kuldīga, Tukums, Liepāja, Dobele, Valka, and Ventspils.

Drivers should be particularly careful, choose the speed appropriate to the road surface condition, and maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead.

An interactive map where road conditions are seen is available on the LVC website.

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