The plug peak is expected between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. but the difficulties will remain very high up to 8 p.m., warns Bison Futé.
Le Monde with AFP
It’s a day in red and black, according to Bison Futé , the public road information service. Saturday, August 6, new day of hunting for summer holidays, traffic is difficult on all major axes and in particular in the southeast quarter of the country, according to the road information site.
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Road traffic was already dense on Saturday morning with an “exceptional” cap level by smart bison, especially in the Drôme on the A7 motorway. In the direction of departures, the day on Saturday is classified red at the national and black level in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and in the Mediterranean arc. It is classified red throughout the territory in the direction of returns.
The plug peak is expected between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., but the difficulties will remain very high until 8 p.m., warns the public road information service.
To escape the slowdowns, Bison Futé advises motorists to leave or cross the ìle-de-France after 12 hours, and to avoid the A71 motorway, between Orleans and Clermont-Ferrand, from 9 a.m. to 12 hours as well as the A8, between Aix-en-Provence and Nice, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bison Futé also advises against borrowing the A7, between Salon-de-Provence and Marseille, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Traffic will be more fluid on Sunday, with a day classified green at the national level but orange in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and in the Mediterranean arc.