With the approach of mid-August and the Feast of the Assumption, French roads and highways risk being congested throughout the territory. Based on predictions by Smart Bisonon the occasion of this long weekend, traffic will be slow on the Mediterranean arc and in the Rhône valley, in particular on the A7, A8 and A9 motorways.
As of Friday, Bison smart sees orange in the direction of departures and returns throughout the territory, with a Mediterranean arc in red in the direction of returns, in particular on the A8 and the A9. To avoid traffic jams as much as possible, Bison Futé advises holidaymakers to leave or cross Île-de-France and major cities before noon, to avoid the N165 national road between Quimper and Nantes at the end of the day and to avoid in the afternoon and in the evening the axes of the South usually frequented by motorists at this time (A7, A8, A9, A61).
Saturday, the South-East and Île-de-France very congested
Traffic will be very difficult on all of the country’s main roads, notes on its site Bison futé. “The A7, A9, A10, A11, A61, A71 and A75 motorways will be particularly impacted. “While the entire territory is in orange and the Mediterranean arc in red in the direction of returns, Bison Futé delivers valuable advice for motorists in the direction of departures: “leave Île-de-France before 7 hours”, avoid “the A10 between Poitiers and Bordeaux between 11 am and 8 pm”, “the A63 motorway between Bayonne and Spain between 10 am and 7 pm”, “the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange from 5 am to 6 p.m. “or” avoid the A9 motorway between Montpellier and Spain between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. “. In the return direction, reach Île-de-France before 2 p.m. and leave from the South before midday.
On Sunday, traffic should be more fluid. Only the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, PACA regions, and some departments of Occitanie are categorized in orange in the direction of departures and returns. For Sunday, in the direction of departures, “leave or cross Île-de-France before 9 a.m.”, “avoid the A63 motorway between Bayonne and Spain between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange between 10 am and 7 pm” and “avoid the A61 motorway between Toulouse and Narbonne between 12 pm and 3 pm”. In the direction of the returns, the advice is similar to that of Saturday. On Wednesday, in the direction of returns, traffic will only be complicated “in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and on the Mediterranean arc, in particular on the A7 and the A8”.