The day on Saturday is classified red at the national and black level on the Mediterranean coast, in the direction of departures.
Le Monde with afp
Motorists will have to take their pain in patience. The day of Saturday August 13 is classified red at the national level, whatever the direction of travel, By Futé Bison : At this weekend,” we are waiting (…) many trips to enjoy an extended weekend ” ‘Assumption of August 15.
The public road information service provides in particular a “very difficult” circulation in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and on the Mediterranean arc. The day is thus classified in black on the Mediterranean coast in the direction of departures.
a Sunday classified green
In the direction of returns, the crowds are classified red for the whole territory. Bison Futé provides that the most congestioned axes will be the A7, A8 and A9 motorways.
“In this context of high traffic, motorists are advised to avoid traveling on Saturday and postpone their journey to Sunday,” recommended the public service. Traffic will indeed be less dense on Sunday, classified green in both directions, except in the southeast quarter of the country.
A peak of 1,082 kilometers of traffic jams had been raised at midday on Saturday of the second weekend of summer hunting (August 6), day classified for departures at national and black level in a large south-east quarter. Qualified as “exceptional” by smart bison, this peak had not broken the 2021 record (1,086.5 kilometers).