According to Kaladze, vehicular traffic will be fully closed on Rustaveli Avenue, as well as the adjacent section of Merab Kostava Street. The rehabilitation will cover the approximately two-kilometer stretch between Tamar Chovelidze Street and Liberty Square. Kaladze said the project fulfils one of his pre-election promises, describing Rustaveli Avenue as the capital’s “visiting card” that should become “a modern, safe, and comfortable space.” The announcement comes as the anti-government demonstrations continue on Rustaveli Avenue, a historic protest site, despite declining participation and a series of legislative changes restricting protest activity. Several protesters have been sent administrative detention after courts found them guilty of obstructing pedestrian movement while demonstrating on the sidewalk outside Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue.