After the opening event of Tērbatas pedestrian street in Riga on Friday, during which visitors did not massively observe the distance rules set due to Covid-19, the events planned for Saturday were canceled, but today such events were not planned, Jentkus added.
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On July 17, several opening events of the “summer street” took place in Tērbatas Street, the Public Relations Department of the Riga City Council informed. In the evening, together with the residents of Tērbatas Street, the opening of the street was echoed by the “Carnival Youth” concert. Many people during and after the concert expressed outrage on social networks that the distance requirements were not met at the concert.
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In the form of an experiment, Riga Municipality is implementing the idea of a city summer street for the first time, dedicating Tērbatas Street to pedestrians, cyclists, traders and cultural events on weekends.
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The status of a residential area has been determined for Tērbatas Street, said Rudīte Reveliņa, Head of the Traffic Organization and Project Management Department of the Riga City Council Traffic Department. The status of a residential area means that vehicles that will be allowed to travel on the street must do so at a speed not exceeding 20 kilometers per hour. Operational and goods delivery transport, as well as residents living on Tērbatas Street can move along the street. At the same time, the municipality invites deliveries of goods and other goods on the relevant day by 10 am.
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Transport access to each street block is provided only on one side, Reveliņa emphasized, inviting to get acquainted with the traffic change scheme on the municipal website.
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Also, vehicles are still allowed to cross street intersections. The representative of the Traffic Department emphasized that no one has repealed the traffic rules on the pedestrian street, therefore pedestrians are allowed to cross the intersections only at the green traffic light signal.
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