Next weekend will be particularly complicated on the roads, especially if you have chosen to leave at that time.
If you’re planning to hit the road at the end of the week, there’s a good chance your journey will turn into a nightmare. As we already know, the weekend of July 27 and 28 will be the worst of the summer according to Bison Futé’s forecasts. Especially Saturday, which is classified as black throughout the country in the direction of departures, and red in the direction of returns, except in Île-de-France where predictions mean it will remain black. What’s new is that Friday, July 26 also took a dark turn for Paris and its suburbs! If you had planned to anticipate the huge wave of departures on Saturday to take advantage of a slightly clearer road the day before, you may be disappointed by the result.
It would be better to try as much as possible to leave or cross the Île-de-France in the morning, preferably before 10 am. Afterwards, the risks of finding yourself in endless traffic jams will be great. Particularly towards the toll barriers, particularly when approaching the A6 and A10 motorways. As the hours go by, the traffic will become denser in and around Paris because in addition to the many departures on holiday, this Friday, July 26, will be marked by a global event that will attract many people to the capital: the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the banks of the Seine.
These two phenomena are likely to create a rather exceptional situation on the roads of Île-de-France, especially in the late afternoon when those who are still working will leave their offices. The peak traffic should be reached between 5 and 7 p.m., a time slot during which it is strongly advised not to take your car. And to top it all off, the Olympic lanes, which came into force on July 15, have been contributing to the slowdown in traffic for about ten days.
On the A1, A4, A12, and A13 motorways, on a large part of the Paris ring road and in some streets of the capital, the closure of the left lane, except for a few authorized vehicles, is generating additional traffic jams. Motorists really did not need this at a time of great comings and goings between July and August holidaymakers.
If traffic will be particularly complicated over a large part of the territory this weekend, the puzzle seems insoluble for all those who have to pass through the Paris region. Otherwise, rather than trying to anticipate the big wave of departures planned for Saturday, we should let it pass. Leave on Sunday, when traffic will be much less dense including in Île-de-France, and accept “losing” a day of vacation…