Holiday route: already nearly 1,000 kilometers of traffic jams recorded, traffic remains very difficult throughout the country

Already nearly 1,000 kilometers of traffic jams this Saturday. (drawing) MAXPPP – Herve COSTE

the essential More than 940 kilometers of cumulative traffic jams were noted on Saturday at midday by Bison Futé on the vacation route, for this fourth weekend of summer where difficulties are being felt in the direction of departures, but also returns.

Bison Futé has planned a traffic"very difficult at national level throughout the day" in the direction of departures. Around 12:10 p.m., a peak was reached, according to data provided by the forecaster's website, with 942 km of cumulative traffic jams. Around 12:45 p.m. the figure was 755 km. Several access routes to the south were very congested, primarily the A7, the A9 and the A10.

Difficult traffic in both directions

"The number of roads will be very high from Ile-de-France to Brittany (N165), the South and Spain (A10 and A63) and the Mediterranean (A6, A7 and A9). It will also be very difficult to reach Italy via the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) throughout the day", details the organization in its bulletin. forecast.

The website of the ATMB motorway company showed a waiting time of 1 hour 30 minutes at the French toll booth of the Mont Blanc tunnel at 11:30 a.m. Traffic is also difficult in the direction of returns, and even "very difficult in the northern and western regions, as well as in Auvergne-Rhône -Alps".

As for the sky, Météo-France placed 15 departments in the center-east and north-east on Saturday on orange alert for storms expected in the afternoon and evening. The weather alert concerns Allier, Ardennes, Aube, Cher, Côte-d'Or, Loire, Haute-Loire, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meuse, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire as well as Yonne.

"If the announced episode is confirmed, very localized intense disruptions could lead to difficult traffic conditions on the highway&quot ;, underlines Vinci Autoroutes in a press release

On Sunday, the routes serving Ile-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will still be heavily used throughout throughout the day", the day being classified orange for these regions in the direction of departures, but in the rest of the territory traffic should return to its usual rhythm.