If you are on the road, arm yourself with patience. At least 685 km of traffic jams were reached shortly before noon this Saturday, said Bison smart, who had classified this day as red in the direction of departures. The peak was reached at 11:55 a.m. and had fallen to 480 km at 12:45 p.m., according to the traffic jam curve posted on the Bison futé website.
The A10 motorway, in Deux-Sèvres, and the A7, in Isère, were before 1 p.m. the two most congested axes, with respectively 88 and 70 km of traffic jams. For example, 23 km of traffic jams were noted shortly before noon on the A7 towards Marseille between Reventin-Vaugris (Drôme) and Saint-Rambert-d’Albon (Isère).
Red in the direction of returns on Sunday
This national holiday weekend had been classified red Wednesday in the direction of departures by Bison smart, Thursday in the Paris region and Saturday throughout the country. On Friday, a maximum of 450 km of traffic jams had been reached.
Sunday is classified orange at the national level in both directions and red in Île-de-France for returns. In the direction of departures, it will be the A7 which will be the busiest from the beginning of the afternoon until the beginning of the evening.