the Seine will be closed to navigation seven days before the opening ceremony

The Seine will be closed to navigation in Paris seven days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France Bleu Paris learned Thursday from the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, confirming information from La Tribune.

This closure of the Seine should allow the preparation of the opening ceremony, which will take place on July 26, but also to carry out “site security operations”of the “boat security operations”, and the installation of equipment for the show. Rehearsals are also planned, but without revealing the content of the ceremony or breaking the secret, specifies the regional prefecture to France Bleu Paris. This decision by the prefect comes “in an exceptional setting”, adds the prefecture. Discussions and meetings to present the system took place with the “river actors” For “minimize constraints”. The opening ceremony, which will take the form of a parade on boats, will take place over six kilometers, between the Pont d’Austerlitz and the Pont d’Iéna. The crossing will end in front of the Trocadéro.