Traffic Measures in Beirut and Jounieh Due to Events and Road Maintenance

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces announced traffic measures in Beirut and Jounieh due to the organization of activities and maintenance works on the roads.

In detail, the Directorate clarified that on 8-11-2026, a running race titled “LET’S RUN” will be held over a distance of /10/ km, with the participation of approximately /750/ people, with the start and finish points located in Martyrs' Square – Beirut.

Participants will follow the following route:

Starting from in front of the Martyrs' Statue in downtown Beirut, via Wigand Street up to the Summer intersection, then turning right towards the George Haddad intersection, and from there turning left via Pasteur Street, passing through Armenia Street, reaching the Dakhoulia intersection, then turning right towards Pierre Gemayel Avenue, reaching just before the Justice Roundabout, where participants will turn back via the opposite lane of the TVA building, and then on the same route until reaching the end point in Martyrs' Square.

Therefore, the aforementioned race route will be closed to traffic from 6:00 AM until 12:00 PM on the mentioned date.

The Directorate indicated that on 8-11-2026, the British Embassy in Lebanon will hold ceremonies to commemorate the victims of war, at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Kaslik – Beirut.

Therefore, the following traffic measures will be taken:

Prohibition of car parking in the vicinity of the ceremony location, starting from 22:00 on 7-11-2026.

Prohibition of traffic flow starting from 4:30 AM on 8-11-2026, and diverting it to neighboring secondary roads, until the end of the ceremonies.

It was clarified that on 8-11-2026, starting from 6:00 AM, Farhat Group Company will complete the extension works for fiber optic cables belonging to Ogero Authority, on the Eastern Highway in Jounieh, under Fouad Chehab Bridge.

These works are expected to last about four hours, without cutting off traffic on the highway.

The Directorate said that one of the contracting companies has begun repair works for a sudden road collapse, approximately /8/ meters long, in Bashta El Fawqa – Al-Sabaei Street, in front of Al-Zaatari shops, with the works expected to continue for three days.

These works will result in the prohibition of traffic flow in Al-Sabaei Street, and its diversion as follows:

Traffic coming from Burj Abi Haidar towards Al-Sabaei Street will be diverted to Abi Haidar Main Street.

Traffic coming from Omar Al-Fakhouri Street will be diverted towards Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Street.

Citizens are kindly requested to take note and comply with the directions and guidance of the Internal Security Forces elements.