Balgarianovinite.com A landslide swept away a section of the Smolyan-Pamporovo road on Friday, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works said. Smolyan Mayor Nikolay Melemov declared a state of emergency and ordered all companies with suitable equipment to stand by and assist as needed, while mayors and deputy mayors in the affected areas are to monitor road conditions within their jurisdictions.
Gas and electricity supplies in the area have been cut off for safety reasons. Traffic for all motor vehicles on Road III-8641 Pamporovo-Smolyan has been suspended in the area of the Raykovski Livadi locality at the 4 km mark. Traffic in the direction of Pamporovo-Smolyan is being rerouted via the following detour: Road III-864 Pamporovo-Stoykite-Road III-866 Stoykite-Smolyan and back, and through the Rozhen Pass.
Experts will now determine whether measures can be taken to temporarily reinforce the road and construct a temporary route to restore traffic until a project for the permanent restoration of the section is developed.
On Friday morning, the section of the third-class road was restricted due to subsidence of the roadway. The compromised section was approximately 10 metres long. Shortly thereafter, a massive crack completely blocked passage across the road. The section was secured and marked with warning signs, and teams were dispatched to the site to assess the situation and take immediate action. The affected section had already grown to about 70 metres in length, with cracks in the asphalt pavement along its entire length. It was evident that the earth was shifting, and the cracks were widening. In the afternoon, the landslide began and swept away dozens of metres of the roadway. The slide also dragged down the slope dozens of coniferous trees. Landslide Destroys Dozens of Metres of Smolyan-Pamporovo Road, State of Emergency Declared 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-02 07:06:59 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law