Traffic was heavy Saturday morning, especially in the Rhone Valley, according to the forecasts of Bison Futé for the last holiday weekend classified "red" in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the sense of returns and orange in the direction of departures .
Day is ranked "orange" at the national level
Around 10:00 am, the traffic was dense, especially on the A7 between Orange and Lyon, on the A6 between Beaune and Lyon on the A10 between Bordeaux and Tours and on the A61 between Castelnaudary and Narbonne, according to the information traffic managers of highways Vinci Autoroutes and APRR.
The network Vinci Autoroutes, which expected a traffic "very dense" on its network as of Friday, estimates in a statement, that the conditions of circulation "most difficult" will take place Saturday "between 9H and 21H" and Sunday "between 10H and 19H ". The outskirts of major cities, the Paris region, the Rhone Valley and the Mediterranean rim will be concerned.
"Moderate congestion on major transit routes"
Smart Bison is planning for Saturday "moderate congestion on major transit routes". However, it is advised to motorists in the direction of the return to avoid Ile-de-France after 14H, the A10 motorway at Bordeaux between 12H and 17H, the A7 motorway between Orange and Lyon from 10H to 15H , the A43 motorway between Chambéry and Lyon from 10am to 1pm.
The return to France by the Mont Blanc tunnel will be "loaded" from 10H to 21H and "very busy" from 12H to 20H.