Winter vacations: a loaded traffic expected for this weekend of February 22 and 23

It will be an important hunting weekend for this 2025 winter vacation on the roads of France.

Until Friday, this weekend will mark the first week of school holidays for area A (Besançon academies, burgundy, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers), the second for zone C (Academies of Créil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles) and the beginning of the end (vacation) for zone B (Academies D’Aix-Marsille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Niza, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg).

“This weekend also marks the beginning of the holidays for Belgium, for the central and southern areas of the Netherlands, as well as the end of the holidays for the northern part of the Netherlands and Luxembourg,” adds Bison Futé, from What to add some of our European neighbors on the roads.

Friday, February 21

Until Friday, February 21, the first difficulties were expected: the day is classified as orange (difficult traffic) in île-de-France and in the Auverne-Rhône-Alpes region in the direction of the exits.

Therefore, traffic is quite busy towards skiing stations, particularly on A72 and A43 highways.

In île-de-France, decelerations are expected at the end of the morning between Wissosus and Chilly-Mazarin. The traffic must later densify, on the A6B, A86 and A6 highways, with the work domain flows that will be added to the vacationers at the end of the day.

In the direction of the outputs:

• Leave or cross the île-de-france before 10 am
• Avoid A72 highway between Nervieux and Saint-Etienne, from 2 pm to 7 pm
• Avoid A43 highway, between Lyon and Chambéry, from 5 pm to 11 pm
• Avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 4 pm to 8 pm

Saturday, February 22

On Saturday, February 22, it promises to be the most responsible for the weekend, classified red (very difficult traffic) in the Auverne-Rhône-Alpes region in the direction of the outputs and orange (difficult traffic) in île-de-France and in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the direction of the returns.

Tip on Saturday, February 22

In the direction of the outputs:

• Avoid A40 highway between Mâcon and Passy, ​​from 11 am to 4 pm
• Avoid the A43 highway, between Lyon and Chambéry, from 9 am to 3 pm and between Chambéry and the Fréjus tunnel, from 9 am to 5 pm
• Avoid A430 highway, between Chambéry and Albertville 12 pm to 5 pm
• Avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 10 am to 2 pm

In the Directorate of Returns:

• Join or cross the île-de-france before 11 am
• Avoid A43 highway, between Chambéry and Lyon, from 10 am to 4 pm

Return to Green on Sunday, February 23 throughout France: usual traffic conditions, therefore, but with the risk of strong traffic jams of the end of the weekend in this context of school holidays.