the heavy goods vehicles necessary for the operation of the Olympic Games will be able to travel on weekends in France

Delivering to competition sites, transporting hotel linen or removing waste: heavy goods vehicles will soon be able to circulate more freely on weekends in France due to the organization of the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) and Paralympic Games (August 28). August-September 8) of Paris, according to a decree published Sunday April 7 in the Official Journal.

As a general rule, vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes are not allowed to travel from 10 p.m. on Saturdays and the eve of public holidays, and until 10 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays. A decree lifts this ban, from May 1 to October 31, 2024, for heavy goods vehicles supplying the sites “duly identified” by the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Other types of heavy goods vehicles will also be able to drive on weekends in Ile-de-France and in neighboring departments, from July 19 to September 16, 2024. This concerns “vehicles exclusively transporting foodstuffs and products intended for human and animal food, hygiene and human or animal health”those “ensuring the supply of clean linen and the removal of dirty linen from hotel structures” and the “vehicles providing transport for waste disposal”. Carriers will have to present proof in the event of an inspection.