The streets, alleys, driveways and parking spaces located within the security area will be closed and guarded by gendarmes, and metal fences secured by the community police will be set up at the end of the streets and alleys. No vehicle will move or park on the closed road sections, except ambulances and fire engines whenever deemed necessary, cases in which the agent in charge of the road section should be informed and should express his approval.  The limits between the two-way lanes for the official motorcades and the public road traffic will be marked by means of traffic   separating equipment.

Vehicles can cross the single corridor in the points specially designated for this purpose when there are pauses in the movement of the official motorcades and the shuttles, and the pedestrians can use the marked crossings, which will be controlled by police agents and gendarmes. The traffic police agent on duty in each point is the one who allows the crossing of the single corridor.

18.03.2008         
Between 2 – 4 April 2008, traffic restrictions will be imposed in order to ensure optimal travel conditions for the official motorcades of the participants in the NATO Summit in Bucharest, as follows:

• a single corridor for the official motorcades will be established between Henri Coandă International Airport and the Palace of Parliament. The boundaries of this corridor wil be marked by auxiliary signalling means and it is forbidden to enter it;

• on Bucureşti-Ploieşti Rd., from the airport to Presei Libere Square, the single corridor includes the 2nd and the 3rd traffic lanes, in both directions. Public traffic will be allowed, outside the corridor, on the 1st lane, in both directions;

• on Kiseleff Rd., between Presei Libere Square and the Arch of Triumph, public traffic will be forbidden on the central section, but it is allowed on the side lanes;

• traffic will be closed on Kiseleff Rd. Between the Arch of Triumph and Victoriei Square and, further on, along Calea Victoriei St. to Naţiunile Unite Bridge and on Naţiunile Unite Ave.;

• traffic will be closed along the Parliament Palace perimeter, namely Izvor St., 13 Septembrie St. between Panduri Rd and Libertăţii Ave., Unirii Ave. Between I.C.Bratianu Ave. and Constituţiei Square and on Libertăţii Ave.

On 2 April 2008, traffic will be forbidden on Regina Elisabeta Ave., Eroii Sanitari Ave. and along the perimeter of Cotroceni Palace, namely Cotroceni Rd., between Cotroceni Bridge and Leu Square, Dr.Gheorghe Marinescu St., Geniului Ave. from Panduri Rd. towards Leu Square. This section can be crossed at Operei Square and at Eroilor Ave. - Eroii Sanitari Ave. crossroads.

Vehicles cannot stop on the routes mentioned at the „Single Corridor” key, either on the roadway, or on the sidewalk, on the streets that provide access to the corridor, up to 10-15 meters away from it, as well as along the perimeter of the objectives.

 26.03.2008

The National Security Committee for NATO Summit decided to support the citizens of Bucharest through a public information campaign about the traffic restrictions established in Bucharest during the Summit of the North-Atlantic Alliance.

Information will be available at the mobile information centers, accessed on the Internet  (www.cnss-summitbucharest.eu) and made public through direct means such as leaflets distributed in relevant areas.

The public information reports will clearly state the restrictions to be imposed and the days on which they will be applied. The authorities indicate that traffic in Bucharest will not be closed, but restrictions will be imposed for clearly marked areas.

Restrictions will be imposed in the capital city on the following days:

29 March – traffic restrictions will be imposed starting at 12.30 hrs until 24.00 hrs, during the general simulation. The restrictions will be identical with those to be imposed during the Summit (single corridor, the area of the Parliament Palace, Cotroceni Palace, etc.)
The protection and the actual delimitation elements of the secured corridor will be installed under police supervision, without stopping the traffic on the nights of 27 and 28 March. The installation of these delimitation elements of the single corridor will only block the current traffic on the days and at the hours made public by the authorities, as they will be installed on the delimitation line between the lanes. In addition, traffic agents will be permanently present at the important junctions in order to expedite the traffic.   

30 March -1 April– in this period there will be no traffic restrictions, but security elements will be installed on the routes. Traffic police squads will expedite the traffic.

1 April – 4 April,  starting on 1 April, 07.00 hrs, the single corridor will be functional and all the special restrictions will be imposed and are to be maintained until 4 April, 24.00 hrs.

The Single Corridor

The main restriction refers to the single corridor which will be in place between 2 – 4 April 2008. Public traffic will be closed on certain road sections and the route will be secured with dispositions of the Protection and Guard Service, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration and the Romanian Intelligence Service. Bypasses and crossing points of the single corridor have been provided for.

The single corridor will be established from „Henri Coandă” International Airport to the Parliament Palace, as follows: D.N. 1 - „Aurel Vlaicu” International Airport– Presei Libere Square – Kiseleff Rd. – Arch of Triumph – Victoriei Square – Calea Victoriei Rd. – Naţiunilor Unite Square– Naţiunilor Unite Ave. – Parliament Palace.

Cars will be allowed to cross the corridor in the following points: Bucureşti Ploieşti Rd. – Aerogării Ave., Arch of Triumph, Kiseleff Rd. - Arhitect Ion Mincu St., Calea Victoriei Rd. – Dacia Ave., Calea Victoriei Rd. – Regina Elisabeta Ave., Calea Victoriei Rd. - Naţiunile Unite Bridge.

In order to avoid traffic jams at these junctions, we recommend that driving from the eastern to the western part of the city should be done through Victoria underground passage or in the south of the city, through the junctions: Dimitrie Cantemir Ave. with Mărăşeşti Ave., Tineretului Ave. with Gheorghe Şincai Ave., Tineretului Ave. with Văcăreştilor Rd.

From the airport to Presei Libere Square, the single corridor includes the 2nd and the 3rd traffic lanes, in both directions. Public traffic will be allowed outside the corridor on the 1st lane, in both directions.

On Kiseleff Rd., between Presei Libere Square and the Arch of Triumph, public traffic will be forbidden on the central section, but it is allowed on the side lanes. Traffic will be closed on Kiseleff Rd. between the Arch of Triumph and Victoriei Square and, further on, along Calea Victoriei Rd. to Naţiunile Unite Bridge and on Naţiunile Unite Ave.

Between 1 – 4 April, traffic of vehicles and pedestrians will be closed along the Parliament Palace perimeter, namely Izvor St., 13 Septembrie St. between Panduri Rd. and Libertăţii Ave., Unirii Ave. between I.C.Bratianu Ave. and Constituţiei Square and on Libertăţii Ave.

In the afternoon of 2 April 2008, traffic will be forbidden on Regina Elisabeta Ave., Eroii Sanitari Ave. and along the perimeter of Cotroceni Palace, namely Cotroceni Rd. (between Cotroceni Bridge and Leu Square), Dr.Gheorghe Marinescu St., Geniului Ave. (from Panduri Rd. towards Leu Square). This section can be crossed at Operei Square and at Eroilor Ave. - Eroii Sanitari Ave. crossroads.

Vehicles cannot be stopped or parked along the single corridor and in the area of the objectives, either on the roadway, or on the sidewalk, and on the streets that intersect the corridor, up to 10-15 meters away from it.

In order to avoid traffic jams, it is recommended that public transportation should be used whenever possible.

Bypasses:

• For DN1:

• Bucureşti-Târgovişte Rd., through Mogoşoaia, Buftea, D.J. 101 through Corbeanca up to Baloteşti and then on Bucureşti-Ploieşti Rd.;
• D.N.1 A  - Bucureşti-Ploieşti, through Buftea;
• D.N.71 - Bucureşti- Bâldana – Târgovişte - D.N.171 – Fieni – Moroieni – Sinaia.

• For Kiseleff Rd. and Calea Victoriei Rd. up to the Parliament Palace:

• Mareşal Prezan Ave., Charles de Gaule Square, Aviatorilor Ave., Victoriei Square, Lascăr Catargiu Ave., Romană Square, General Magheru Ave., Nicolae Bălcescu Ave., 21 Decembrie 1989 Square, I.C.Bratianu Ave., Unirii Square;
• Mareşal Averescu Ave., Turda St., Grant Overpass, Griviţei Rd. or Giuleşti Rd.;
• Marăşti Bd., Alexandru Constantinescu St., Ion Mihalache Ave.

• For the Parliament Palace:

• 13 Septembrie Rd., Tudor Vladimirescu Ave., Regina Maria Ave., Unirii Square;
• Progresului Rd., Viilor Rd., Dr. C.Istrati St., Mărăşeşti Ave.

Recommendations

• the vehicles that transit Bucharest should avoid crossing the capital city;
• public transportation should be used whenever possible;
• both drivers and pedestrians should respect the indications of the traffic police agents who escort official motorcades and of the traffic agents on the routes, giving these indications priority over road signs and traffic lights;
• bypasses should be selected only after obtaining appropriate information in this respect;
• improper honking should be avoided.