Good news for the people of the Paris region, on this day of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Paris ring road will not be completely closed. Here is everything you need to know!
Yesterday, many people in the Paris region were surprised to see that there was talk of closing the entire Paris ring road on this day of July 26, 2024.
It was Patrice Vergriete, the resigning Minister Delegate for Transport, who spoke on RMC, a possible closure complete Paris ring road.
Laurent Nuñez, Paris police prefect, guest of France-Info This morning, wanted to reassure Parisians by announcing that there will be no total closure of the ring road today. but only some accesses closed to traffic.
It must be said that today the traffic is particularly dense between the areas closed to traffic in the capital and the crisscrossing of this holiday departure weekend. Nevertheless, if the ring road is not closed to traffic, not everything is rosy however since a lot of disruption are expected late in the afternoon and in the evening.
The police chief had already warned the population yesterday, advising Parisians not to take their cars. after 10am.
What disruption is expected?
If we do not have precise information on the time or the accesses that are closed on the device, it is above all for security reasonsrecalls Laurent Nuñez. According to him, very strong disruptions are expected to the east of the ring road, between the Porte de la Chapelle and the south of Paris.
To avoid a huge blockage of the Parisian road network, the prefect asks people who are not going to the Olympic Games not to go to the capital and its surrounding area. As for the highways, these are the A1, the A3 and the A4 which are expected to be impacted by slowdowns.
On the site of smart oneat the time of writing, we note little disruption on the Paris ring road, but This could change very quickly as we approach the start of the opening ceremony. Laurent Nuñez wants to be reassuring by recalling that the situation should greatly improve after the opening ceremony.
To be continued…
Source: www.autoplus.fr
