A lot of traffic is expected for the first weekend of the summer holidays

The first weekend of the school holidays will also be accompanied by the first massive outings on the roads. Friday is thus classified orange nationally, red in Île-de-France by Bison Futé.

Orange Friday, red in Île-de-France

In the Paris region, “traffic will be heavy towards the toll booths of the A10 and A6 motorways, where the first stops could be registered from late morning and particularly in the afternoon,” predicts the traffic forecast organization, which he also expects slowdowns on the Paris ring road.

In the south of France, the A7 and A50 motorways will also be affected by these difficulties.

For this reason, Bison Futé recommends:

• to leave or cross Île-de-France and the main cities before noon,
• to avoid the A31 motorway between Nancy and Luxembourg between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
• to avoid the A63 motorway between Bayonne and Spain between 3 and 7 p.m.,
• avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange between 12:00 and 21:00 and the A50 motorway between Marseille and Toulon between 15:00 and 21:00.

Red Saturday in the Northwest Quarter

Saturday the day is classified as orange nationally, red in the northwestern quarter of France.

Bion Futé expects difficulties in particular on the A7 motorway in the Rhône Valley, but also on the A10 and A6 motorways.

“From mid-morning traffic will increase significantly and it is the main radials and variants that converge on these axes that in turn could experience more or less important traffic difficulties depending on the sector. The A13 motorway can also experience traffic difficulties from mid-morning. tomorrow,” the statement added.

Under these conditions, Bison Futé advises:

• to leave or cross Île-de-France before 5 am,
• to avoid the A31 motorway between Nancy and Luxembourg between 10:00 and 15:00,
• to avoid the A11 motorway between Le Mans and Nantes from 10 am to 2 pm,
• to avoid the A63 motorway between Bayonne and Spain from 10 am to 2 pm.
• and avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange between 08:00 and 18:00.

Tour of the green throughout France on Sunday, July 9.