For these first starts of the All Saints festivities, the French who chose the car left with the anguish of having problems finding gasoline on the highways. Even if the strike has been lifted in most Totalenergies refineries and warehouses, what about the supplies in the service areas?
Officially, there is no lack of fuel. within the network Sanef“97% of the stations distribute at least one type of fuel. 92% of them are able to deliver diesel, and 90% distribute unleaded gasoline”, says the dealer.
The group published this Friday morning an inventory for each of the axes for which it is responsible and updates this information in real time on its site.
along the highways vinci, “95% of the stations distribute fuel” (October 20 at 2:00 p.m.) in the 181 areas of the network. The figure rises to 97% for gasoline and 94% for diesel.
The concessionaire specifies that to this date, four zones were in total shortage, 14 present partial shortage and 163 are “normally supplied”. These figures are regularly published on their website.
Like its competitor, Vinci gives the detail for roads:
from the side by Eiffagewhich manages another motorway network, “the continuity of the service is guaranteed at 82% for unleaded gasoline and 88% for diesel”.
The Government promised on Friday that “priority will be served to the busiest service stations in the context of holiday departures.” He also called for an end to “prefectural rationing orders” and mobilized “tank trucks from the Armed Forces Ministry’s energy operating service” in the most tense areas, he said in a press release.
Still 17% of stations in difficulty
“I’m not going to tell you that the situation is going to be 100% resolved for vacations, but the French can leave with confidence,” says Elisabeth Borne in an interview with Release.
For its part, AFP still notes this Friday long queues in front of service stations on the outskirts of highways. In front of a station in Boulogne-Billancourt, west of Paris and at the gates of the A13 motorway leading to Normandy, a line of vehicles stretched out, their engines off and warning lights on.
According to Francis Pousse, representative of Mobilians service stations, which groups 5,800 traditional stations (excluding mass distribution), about 17% of service stations still lacked fuel on Friday. on Thursday afternoon, the government progressed approximately the same number.
“It is improving significantly,” he argued on Clásica Radio, estimating that the return to normality should occur within “five to seven days.”
Source: BFM TV
