Traffic is classified orange in the direction of departures Saturday and for returns Monday at the national level.
Bison Futé advises leaving Île-de-France on Saturday before 9 a.m. or after 2 p.m., where the roads should be very busy for this Easter weekend.
Traffic is classified orange in the direction of departures on Saturday and for returns on Monday at the national level, according to a press release from Bison Futé for the Easter weekend.
Friday at 5:50 p.m., 142 km of traffic jams were recorded in Île-de-France, half the usual average at the same time (320 km), according to the road information site Sytadin, depending on the Direction des routes Île -de-France (DiRIF).
But many departures are expected for the extended weekend, which marks the start of a new confinement for four weeks from Saturday evening, throughout the territory.
Leave Ile-de-France on Saturday before 9 a.m. or after 2 p.m.
By Monday, throughout the Easter weekend, the government has opened the possibility for those who can, to leave their region to isolate themselves in a second home or with their family.
The day of Saturday is classified orange, that is to say a difficult traffic, in the direction of the departures and "the departures of Île-de-France should be numerous in the morning", specifies the National Road Information Center (known as Bison Futé) .
He recommends leaving Île-de-France on Saturday before 9 a.m. or after 2 p.m.
Traffic in the return direction is classified orange on Monday, "with expected difficulties in Île-de-France as well as in the western areas and in the Rhône valley", however less important than those expected on Saturday.
The rest of the weekend is classified as green.