Late Saturday morning traffic was heavy. It was expected that it would intensify along the summer vacation route, with more than520 km of jams, particularly in the Rhone valley for the day of summer vacation departures.
According to Bison Fute, there was a slowdown at the beginning of the morning. It was concentrated on the A7 towards South where, around 11:35, there were nearly 100 km of disturbances from Lyon. According to Vinci Autoroutes, the travel time on the Autoroute du Soleil from the south of Lyon to Orange was 3:20, instead of 1:35. This is an axis that will be congested for 19 hours.
According to the same source, traffic was also "dense" and "disrupted" on A10 between Saint-Arnoult, Yvelines, and Bordeaux. It took 1:45 longer to reach Gironde capital. More than 67 km of traffic jams were then recorded on this axis, specifies Bison Fute, who had strongly recommended on Friday to avoid the Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines toll between 7 and 12 a.m. and the Orleans-Tours axis between 12 and 12 p.m. 15 hours.
On the A9, patience was needed on the Orange-Narbonne Axis with a journey of over 4 hours rather than 1:40. Vinci notes that holidaymakers who wanted to travel to Spain from the Aude capital had to wait 1 hour 15 minutes instead of the normal 45 minutes.
Friday, a day already classified as red in Ile-de-France and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, a peak of 785 km of traffic jams was recorded at the end of the afternoon.
The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion anticipates twelve red days and one dark day during the summer. Sunday was designated green for departures.
