Road traffic will be dense again on the weekend of August 15, according to Bison Futé, which anticipates sustained crossovers and very difficult traffic in the direction of vacation returns on Saturday, a day classified as red.
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Returns will also be complicated on Friday and Sunday, classified orange at the national level.
Return traffic from the Mediterranean is expected to be even more difficult on Friday as the region is classified as red.
This weekend is the first of the summer holidays where "
returns to the north will take precedence over departures to coastal regions
", provides the traffic specialist on Wednesday in a
press
release.
Traffic will also be dense in the direction of departures on Saturday, a day classified as orange at the national level.
It will even be very difficult for holidaymakers heading to the South-West and the Mediterranean, regions for which Bison Futé sees red.
Holidaymakers who go on vacation on Friday or Sunday can bet on more fluid traffic: the two days are classified in green throughout France. Only the Mediterranean roads should be loaded on Friday, with traffic classified as orange in this region.