Bison Futé: “orange” Saturday on the roads, traffic will be difficult in the direction of departures throughout France

Ce samedi 4 mai 2024, dans le sens des départs, la journée est classée orange au niveau national (photo d'illustration). Vincent Isore – IP3/MAXPPP

Bison Futé is planning an orange day this Saturday, May 4, 2024 throughout France. In other words, traffic is classified as difficult today, in the direction of departures. Update on the situation.

Several factors explain the difficult traffic announced by Bison Futé this Saturday, May 4, 2024. The end of school holidays in zone B – Academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg – is one of them.

The proximity of the public holidays of Wednesday May 8 and Thursday May 9 (Ascension) also made some people want to take advantage of a few days off this weekend .

Difficulties expected

"These leisure trips should cause traffic difficulties, particularly in the direction of departures for Friday in Île-de-France and Saturday at the national level", underlines the Department of the Ministry of Transport dedicated to forecasting and monitoring road traffic.

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Where precisely?

This Saturday, May 4, in the direction of departures, the day is therefore classified orange at the national level.

Congestion is to be expected particularly on the A7 motorways in the south-east, A36 in the Grand-Est region, A13 in the Normandy region and A11 in the Pays-de-la-Loire region.< /p>

Heavy traffic

In Île-de-France, from the beginning of the morning, traffic will be heavy on the A6 and A10 motorways and should intensify from mid-morning, according to Bison Futé.

"The A13 motorway could experience significant traffic from mid-morning. These difficulties could continue until the middle of the afternoon", predicts the national road information center.