Holiday departures: a red Saturday announced on the roads

Another difficult weekend is shaping up on the French roads, after an already difficult Saturday, July 8, with a peak of 960 kilometers of traffic jams. Bison Futé has classified this Saturday as red in the sense of departures throughout the country and invites motorists to leave or cross large cities such as Paris before 7 in the morning.

“In Île-de-France, the first slowdowns could appear relatively early in the morning on the A10 motorway and, to a lesser extent, on the A6 motorway”, specifies Bison Futé in its detailed forecasts.

A Red Classified Saturday

The prevention organization also lists a number of tips to avoid getting stuck in traffic. “In addition, the Rhône Valley will be very congested for most of the day and traffic on the A7, A63 and A9 motorways, as well as the N205 that gives access to the Mont-Blanc tunnel, will be very difficult,” Bison writes. Futé. his press release.

Avoid as follows:

• the A31 motorway between Nancy and Luxembourg from 9 am to 11 am;
• the A10 motorway near Bordeaux from 10 am to 7 pm;
• the A63 motorway between Bordeaux and Bayonne between 9:00 and 19:00;
• the A7 motorway between Lyon and Marseille between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.;
• the A9 motorway between Orange and Spain from 9 am to 11 pm;
• the A61 motorway between Toulouse and Narbonne from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“Access to Italy through the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) will be dense from 8 am to 6 pm,” warns Bison Futé.

An orange Sunday across the country, red in Ile-de-France

The situation will improve slightly on Sunday, with a day classified as orange in terms of departures and returns by Bison futé.

“In the sense of departures, it will be the A7 motorway that will be the busiest from the beginning of the afternoon to the beginning of the night. In the sense of returns, in Île-de-France, the traffic expected in the stations tolls will be very high, especially on the A10 and A6 motorways.

Bison Futé also anticipates difficulties until late at night, especially in Ile-de-France. This Sunday is classified red in the region in the direction of the laps and Bison Futé recommends arriving or crossing the Parisian region before 2:00 p.m.

In detail, the organization also advises avoiding:

• the A10 motorway between Bordeaux and Poitiers from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.,
• the A7 motorway between Marseille and Lyon between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.,
• the A71 motorway between Bourges and Orleans from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.,
• the A61 motorway between Narbonne and Toulouse between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.,
• the A43 motorway between Chambéry and Lyon from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

“Access to France through the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) will be dense from 2 pm to 10 pm,” Bison Futé also specifies.

The next big day of departure is scheduled for Saturday, July 22, already classified red. The most complicated weekend of the summer is announced for the beginning of August. Saturday the 5th has a black rating throughout the country, in the sense of departures.