Heat wave: with the heat, ozone pollution worsens in France, traffic restrictions in several regions – franceinfo

This is a side effect of the heat episode: the concentration of ozone in the air is clearly increasing over a large part of France. According to the official Prev’Air bulletin published on Friday June 18, exceedances of the information and recommendation threshold for ozone (180 µg/m3 hourly average) are expected in Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte- d’Azur, Normandy and Occitania. These thresholds could also be exceeded in the Grand Est, Center Val-de-Loire, Pays de la Loire, Brittany, New Aquitaine, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy -Franche-Comté, listed the Prev’Air platform. “After maximum concentrations scheduled for this Saturday June 18, the situation should evolve positively from Sunday June 19, even if local overruns will not be excluded in Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur or Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes”, specified the bulletin. Measures in Ile-de-France Only vehicles with a class 0, 1 and 2 Crit’Air sticker will be authorized to travel from Saturday 5:30 a.m. to midnight in Paris, the small and medium suburbs (inside the perimeter bounded by the A86) until the end of the pollution episode. “If the episode continues on Sunday, the Prefect of Police has asked his services to apply the differentiated traffic measure with discernment to guarantee the proper holding of the legislative elections (access to polling stations in particular)”, specified the prefecture. police in a press release. Reductions in the maximum authorized speed have also been introduced: 110 km/h on motorways normally limited to 130 km/h, 90 km/h on portions of motorways or expressways normally limited to 110 km/h and 70 km/h h on portions of motorways and expressways normally limited to 90 km/h as well as on national and departmental roads normally limited to 80 km/h or 90 km/h. With the episode of #heatwave, Île-de-France is experiencing an episode of ozone pollution (O3). In order to reduce pollutant emissions, the @prefpolice is setting up the alert system and taking traffic measures.
Find our press release ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/jGv9T6HezB — Prefecture of Police (@prefpolice) June 17, 2022 Throughout Ile-de-France, IDF Mobilités triggers the anti-pollution package and free carpooling on Saturday. A ticket will be on sale all day at a price of 3.80 euros, valid from 5 a.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday morning (5 a.m. for the Noctilien), until the end of the pollution episode, specified the company Friday on its website. This ticket will allow unlimited travel throughout Île-de-France, on all modes of transport (metro, train-RER, bus, and tram), with the exception of certain direct airport services. (Orlyval, Le Bus Direct Paris Aéroport shuttles, VEA Disney shuttles) and tourist buses. It gives access to Roissy airport via train-RER B, Roissybus or Filéo, and access to Orly airport via Orlybus and Go C Paris (Orlyrail). This anti-pollution pass can also be loaded onto the Navigo pass, at stations and resorts, or from a smartphone via the Ile-de-France Mobilités application. In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes The prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region has also introduced differentiated traffic from Saturday from 5 a.m. in the Lyon north-Isère air basin. In the Rhône, these are the municipalities of Lyon, Villeurbanne and Caluire-et-Cuire. In Isère, the municipalities of Bourgoin-Jallieu, Chasse-sur-Rhône, L’Isle-d’Abeau, Pont-Evêque, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Vaulx-Milieu, La Verpillère, Vienne, Villefontaine and Seyssuel are concerned. these sectors, only vehicles with a class 0, 1, 2 and 3 Crit’Air sticker will be authorized to circulate. On the other hand, this does not concern the A7, A7 Nord, A43, A48, A49 motorways, nor the RN7. 1/3 An episode of #ozone #pollution is underway in the Lyon / North Isère basin. The prefect triggers alert level N1 and puts in place restriction measures in the #Rhône and the metropolis of #Lyon ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/z7vobdF1gt — Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region (@prefetrhone ) June 17, 2022 In addition, the maximum speed will also be reduced by 20km/h in the Rhône and Grand Lyon, on axes whose speed is usually greater than or equal to 80km/k. In Hauts-de-France Also in Hauts-de-France, the prefecture announced on Friday the reduction of 20km / h of the speed limit and the limit to 80km / h for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes , and this in the North, the Pas-de-Calais, the Oise and the Somme. ⚠️ Ongoing ozone pollution episode: the measures below continue to apply for the departments #Nord #Oise #PasDeCalais #Somme https://t.co/ntUAZtHgb1 pic.twitter.com/JuqsxyXq8p — Prefecture of the Hauts-de-France and North region (@prefet59) June 17, 2022 In the Bouches-du-Rhône This episode of ozone pollution also affects the Bouches-du-Rhône, where the prefecture has triggered the level 2 alert for the weekend, without however setting up differentiated traffic.