The prefect of Paris Didier Lallement announced the lifting from Monday 8 p.m. of differentiated traffic in Île-de-France and, from midnight, of all the restrictions relating to the episode of ozone pollution, according to a statement. "Taking into account the improvement of the air in Île-de-France", the prefect of police "decided to lift all the emergency measures to reduce polluting emissions from Tuesday at midnight", according to a press release from the police headquarters.
Traffic had been differentiated since Thursday in Île-de-France to deal with the episode of pollution favored by the high heat. In a territory bounded by the A86, only vehicles with a Crit'Air class 0, 1 and 2 sticker were authorized to travel between 5:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. The maximum speeds were also reduced, passing to 110km / h, 90km / h and 70 km / h depending on the track.
"Normal threshold" of air quality
The prefecture of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Monday lifted the restrictions announced four days earlier in Lyon, following an episode of ozone pollution. "The air quality has returned to a normal level today in the Rhône. As a result, the prefect has decided to lift all the restrictive measures put in place following the episode of air pollution in the region. 'ozone which began on August 6, "she said in a statement Monday.