From Friday, the public road information service sees “orange” on a national level.
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Road traffic will be very difficult on Saturday August 3 on the main roads in France, during the second weekend of the crossover between holidaymakers “Juilletists” and “Augustians”warned Wednesday Smart Bison, which classifies the day of Saturday “red”.
From Friday, the public road information service sees “orange” on a national level. The difficulties will begin at the end of the morning in the direction of the departures in Ile-de-France and will last until the end of the evening. On Saturday, in the direction of departures, traffic will be “very difficult” on the vast majority of highways, or even “extremely difficult” in particular in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and on the Mediterranean Arc.
At the national level, a peak of traffic is expected between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the difficulties will remain very high until 8 p.m. In the direction of returns, the day of Saturday is also considered as “very difficult” throughout the territory. Sunday August 7 and Monday August 8, traffic will be fluid on the territory (green days), except for the Rhone Valley and along the Mediterranean (orange) where travel difficulties will be expected, throughout the day in the both directions.