Traffic will still be very dense this weekend on the road of holidays. Smart Bison ranked Red on Saturday for the starts and Orange for the returns. The first plugs should appear at 4am Saturday in some areas. The organization recommends avoiding driving on the night from Friday to Saturday and all day Saturday and waiting Sunday to leave.
Saturday will be the most complicated day
Saturday, it will be especially difficult to leave the big cities before 7am. It is advisable to avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange from 5h to 19h, the A7 between Orange and Lyon from 8h to 18h, the A7 and A8 between Orange and Aix-en-Provence from 9h to 16h , the A9 between Orange and Narbonne from 5h to 15h and from Narbonne to Spain between 7am and 18h, the A9 between Narbonne and Orange from 9h to 18h and the A43 between Lyon and Chambéry from 9h to 16h.
"As throughout the summer, traffic will be difficult on the Mediterranean arc between Italy and Spain, whether east-west or west-east on the A8, A7, A54, A9 motorways. , on the coast of the Italian border to the Spanish border ", adds Bison Futé.
Orange Sunday in the direction of departures
Sunday, the day is classified orange in the direction of departures and green in the sense of returns except for the Rhône-Alpes region. Smart Bison recommends avoiding the A10 motorway between Saintes and Bordeaux from 10h to 20h, the A7 between Lyon and Orange in both directions from 9h to 19h, the A7 between Lançon-de-Provence and Orange from 9h to 18h and the A9 between Narbonne and Orange from 10h to 18h.
The 20th and 21st stages of the Tour de France are also likely to cause traffic difficulties around the layout of the stages, between Albertville and Val-Thorens on Saturday and between Rambouillet and Paris on Sunday.