Europe 1 with AFP 12:57 p.m., August 06, 2022
Traffic is very difficult this Saturday for the second crossover weekend of the summer.
Bison Futé recorded 1,060 kilometers of cumulative traffic jams at midday, or 200 kilometers more than last Saturday.
The day is classified red in the direction of the departures and black in a broad south-eastern quarter.
Traffic was difficult on Saturday on the main roads of the country for this second crossover of the summer, with 1,060 km of cumulative traffic jams at noon, a day classified red for departures at the national level and black in a large south-eastern quarter. .
The peak of traffic jam is expected by 1 p.m. but the difficulties will remain very high until 8 p.m., warns Bison Futé who classified the day as red in the direction of returns throughout the territory.
Described as "exceptional" by Bison Futé, the level of congestion was concentrated in particular in the west of the country on the A10 and in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on the A7.
The highways recorded 157.9 km and 181.3 km of disruption respectively at the height of the morning.
More than 4 hours to cover the distance between Lyon and Orange
Thus, at the end of the morning, from Saint-Arnoult-en Yvelines to Poitiers, on the A10, it was necessary to count more than one hour more of the journey.
On the A63, 2h45 instead of 1h55 were needed towards the Spanish border from Bordeaux, with an almost equivalent time in the direction of returns according to the same source.
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At the same time, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vinci also indicated that the traffic time between Lyon and Orange exceeded 4 hours, against 1:35 in normal times.
On the Mediterranean arc, the difficulties were mainly concentrated on the A9 with a considerably longer journey time.
Last Saturday, a peak of more than 860 km of cumulative traffic jams was recorded.
Traffic will be more fluid on Sunday, with a day classified as green at the national level but orange in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and in the Mediterranean arc.