SMART ONE. This Saturday, July 9, 2022, the first summer traffic jams are announced for this first weekend since the start of the summer school holidays. Bison Futé sees red and even black this Saturday before a quieter Sunday on the roads.
[Mis à jour le 9 juillet 2022 à 08h58] With 125 kilometers of accumulated traffic jams shortly before 9 a.m. this Saturday, July 9, 2022, the first departures on vacation went rather calmly according to the readings of Bison Futé with much less significant slowdowns than last year at the same time (228 kilometers on Saturday July 10, 2021 at 9 a.m.). Nevertheless, Bison Futé saw red and even black locally this Saturday, July 9 on the occasion of the first weekend of the summer school holidays, which promises to be busy on the roads of France.
The black flag was hoisted by Bison Futé this Saturday, July 9, a sign of a summer that promises to be particularly busy on the roads! This Saturday, the black will concern the entire Rhône-Alpes region but the rest of France will be classified as red. This Saturday will be the busiest day of the weekend, but Friday will already be classified as orange throughout the country except in Ile de France, which is classified as red.
Before the big weekend of July 14, particularly feared by Bison Futé with the possibility of making the bridge (the national holiday falls on a Thursday this year), this first weekend of the holidays will set the tone. Another period to dread, the first weekends of August announced as the busiest of the summer. Saturday July 30 will be the day to avoid according to Bison Futé, which has provided its first traffic info forecast calendar for the summer 2022 period. Here are the weekend predictions and early estimates for the weekend of July 14.
What is Bison Futé’s forecast for Saturday, July 9, 2022?
July 9 will mark the first big weekend of summer holiday departures. Bison Futé thus predicts a sharp increase in road traffic compared to previous weekends, in particular on the A7 motorway in the Rhône Valley. The roads will be loaded in Ile de France, from the beginning of the morning, in particular towards the tolls of the A6 and A10 motorways but also on the A13 with slowdowns and difficulties expected until the afternoon.
- In the direction of departures, red over the whole of France and black in Auvergne-Rhône Alpes.
- In the direction of returns, orange in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the PACA region.
Here are some detailed predictions and tips for Saturday, July 9:
- leave or cross Île-de-France after 4 p.m.,
- avoid the A10 motorway, near the Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines toll gate from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.,
- the A10 motorway will also be busy between Orléans and Tours, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.,
- avoid the A11 motorway, between Paris and Le Mans, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Highway 11 should also be avoided between Le Mans and Angers, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
- avoid the A84 motorway, between Caen and Rennes, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
- avoid the A63 motorway, between Bordeaux and Bayonne, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
- pass the Fleury toll barrier on the A6 after 1 p.m.,
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and between Salon-de-Provence and Marseille, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A62 motorway, between Agen and Toulouse, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A61 motorway, between Toulouse and Narbonne, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- access to Italy via the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), heavy traffic from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (waiting over 30 min).
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Sunday, July 10?
Overall green on the roads this Sunday, July 10 with only orange in sight in the direction of departures in the Rhône-Alpes region. The A7 will be particularly busy for this first Sunday of the school holidays with planned slowdowns. Here are three tips from Bison Futé to follow:
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
- avoid the A62 motorway, between Agen and Toulouse, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A61 motorway, between Toulouse and Narbonne, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
What are the Bison Futé forecasts for the weekend of July 14?
In this year 2022, July 14 falls on a Thursday and many French people should make the bridge. Orange is expected on Thursday July 14 in the direction of departures before a busy weekend and heavy road traffic on Saturday July 16:
- In the direction of departures, red all over France on Saturday July 16. In the direction of returns, orange across the country.
- Sunday July 17, it will be the opposite, orange in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.