more than 700 kilometers of traffic jams piled up on the roads in the middle of the day

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2024-08-24 12:21:55

The end of the holidays is looming on the roads of France. Bison Futé identified more than 700 kilometers of combined traffic jams at midday, Saturday August 24, with a peak of 734 kilometers at 11:50 a.m. The day was classified as red by the organization at the national level. language is the sense of return. The southern motorways are also congested, with the A9 almost 100 kilometers of motorways at midday; and A7, more than 80.

At 1:30 p.m., it takes more than three hours and ten minutes to go from Orange to Lyon instead of one hour and five minutes at regular times, according to reports from Vinci Autouroutes on social networks.

Bison Futé has pointed that out “The main travel routes of the country will be congested” Saturday, mainly in the southeast quarter (mainly A7, A9 and A75), and in the western facade (A63, A10, and N165). Île-de-France must also experience returns “important”.

Heavy storms are expected over a large part of France

“From mid-afternoon, more or less serious traffic problems depending on the sector can be recorded, especially on the radials at the gates of Paris to access the ring road and the A86”note Bison Futé, which provides for circulation “thick till evening”.

Caution will be required for drivers, while severe storms are expected over a large part of France. In total, twenty-four departments were placed on the orange alert for hurricanes from the beginning of the afternoon, from Occitanie to Grand-Est: Ain, Allier, Ariège, Aveyron, Cantal, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Haute-Garonne, Gers , Jura, Loire, Lot, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Puy-de-Dôme, Hautes-Pyrénées, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and the Vosges.

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