A new step towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The brand new Adidas Arena, inaugurated on February 11 with great fanfare with a Paris Basket match, is hosting a “test event” this Friday and Saturday as part of the French internationals. badminton which started on Tuesday and ends on Sunday.
For optimal management of the flow of spectators and participants, “temporary traffic measures necessary for its smooth running, as well as for security” have been taken by the Paris police headquarters.
Security and traffic system put in place
for the French Badminton Internationals at the Adidas Arena in #Paris18 and #Paris19 on March 8 and 9, 2024 as part of a test event.
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— Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) March 8, 2024
In a press release published this Friday, it reveals that “through traffic is prohibited between 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.” these two days in several streets, boulevards and avenues.
A “zone to bypass”
Thus, motorists should note that they will not be able to travel, except for justified local service, on Boulevard Ney, in its portion between Rue de la Chapelle and Boulevard Macdonald, on Boulevard Macdonald, in its portion between Boulevard Ney and avenue de la Porte d'Aubervilliers, odd side but also rue Jean Oberlé.
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It will be impossible to go to avenue de la Porte d'Aubervilliers on the odd side, in the portion between place Skanderberg and rue Charles-Hermite (as well as in the latter).
“Access to this perimeter will only be authorized for vehicles whose drivers can justify, to the internal security forces present on site, their need for access to this area (proof in free form)”, warns the prefecture which “strongly recommends that motorists who have no interest in accessing the area should bypass it”.
This new setting, erected at the intersection of the ring road and other traffic routes serving the Chapelle district (18th century) and located 2 km from the athletes' village, will benefit from a capacity of 6,700 people for the badminton events. and 7,000 for gym and para-weightlifting, presents Paris 2024.