several regions put in place traffic restrictions due to an episode of ozone pollution

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This is a side effect of the heat episode: the concentration of ozone in the air is clearly increasing over a large part of France. According to the official Prev’Air bulletin published on Friday June 18,Exceedances of the information and recommendation threshold for ozone (180 µg/m3 hourly average) are expected in Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Normandy and Occitanie. These thresholds could also be exceeded in the Grand Est, Center Val-de-Loire, Pays de la Loire, Brittany, New Aquitaine, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy -Franche-Comte. “After maximum concentrations scheduled for this Saturday June 18, the situation should evolve positively from Sunday June 19”specifies the bulletin of Prev’Air.

In Ile-de-France

Only vehicles with a class 0, 1 and 2 Crit’Air sticker will be authorized to travel from Saturday 5:30 a.m. to midnight in Paris, the small and medium suburbs (within the perimeter delimited by the A86) and this until the end of the pollution episode. “If the episode continues on Sunday, the prefect of police has asked his services to apply the differentiated traffic measure with discernment to guarantee the proper holding of the legislative elections (access to polling stations in particular)”said the police headquarters in a press release.

Reductions in the maximum authorized speed have also been introduced: 110 km/h on motorways usually limited to 130 km/h, 90 km/h on portions of motorways or expressways normally limited to 110 km/h and 70 km /h on portions of motorways and expressways limited to 90 km/h in normal times as well as on national and departmental roads limited to 80 km/h or 90 km/h.

Throughout Ile-de-France, IDF Mobilités triggers the anti-pollution package and free carpooling on Saturday. A ticket will thus be on sale all day at a price of 3.80 euros, valid from 5 a.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday morning (5 a.m. for the Noctilien), until the end of the pollution episode. , said the company Friday on its website.

This ticket will allow unlimited travel throughout Ile-de-France, on all modes of transport (metro, train, RER, bus, and tram), with the exception of certain direct airport services. such as the Orlyval and tourist buses. It gives access to Roissy airport via train-RER B, Roissybus or Filéo, and access to Orly airport via Orlybus and Go C Paris (Orlyrail). This anti-pollution pass can also be loaded onto the Navigo pass, at stations and resorts, or from a smartphone via the Ile-de-France Mobilités application.

In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region has also introduced differentiated traffic from Saturday from 5 a.m. In the Rhône, these are the municipalities of Lyon, Villeurbanne and Caluire-et-Cuire. In Isère, the municipalities of Bourgoin-Jallieu, Chasse-sur-Rhône, L’Isle-d’Abeau, Pont-Evêque, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Vaulx-Milieu, La Verpillère, Vienne, Villefontaine and Seyssuel are concerned. In these sectors, only vehicles with a class 0, 1, 2 and 3 Crit’Air sticker will be authorized to circulate. On the other hand, this does not concern the A7, A7 Nord, A43, A48, A49 motorways, nor the RN7.

In addition, the maximum speed will also be reduced by 20 km/h in the Rhône and Grand Lyon, on axes whose speed is usually greater than or equal to 80 km/h.

In Hauts-de-France

Also in Hauts-de-France, the prefecture announced on Friday the reduction of the speed limit by 20 km/h and the limit to 80 km/h for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, and this in the North, Pas-de-Calais, Oise and Somme.

In Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

This episode of ozone pollution also affects the Bouches-du-Rhône, where the prefecture triggered the level 2 alert for the weekend, without however setting up differentiated traffic.


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