MAPS. School holidays: check out Bison Futé's traffic forecast for the first weekend of departures on the roads

The day is classified as red from Friday in the direction of departures in Ile-de-France, then throughout France on Saturday.

School is out, and summer holidays are starting. "Significant traffic is expected on all major roads in the country," warns the public organization Bison Futé , on the first day of the summer school holidays, Friday, July 4. The national road information center predicts particularly heavy traffic on Saturday and "therefore advises users to avoid driving that day." Franceinfo presents the traffic forecast for this weekend.

In the direction of departures, Bison futé predicts traffic difficulties throughout the country "from midday" , in particular "on the roads serving the Atlantic coast (RN165, A11 and A63 in particular), the Rhone corridor (A7 and A46), the Mediterranean coast (A54, A8, A57, A61), and on the axes coming from the North-East borders (A31, A25, A4)" . The Ile-de-France is classified red (very difficult traffic) due in particular to "the increase in traffic on the A10 and A6 motorways" , two major axes towards the South-West and South-East.

From early morning until early evening, Bison futé predicts "a very busy day" on the roads leading to the coastal regions. "The heaviest traffic jams could be observed towards the Normandy coast (A13), the Atlantic coast (A11, RN165, A10) and the Mediterranean coast (A7, A9)" , the public body predicts. In Ile-de-France, "slowdowns could appear relatively early in the morning" on the A10 and the A6, then on the A13, and continue "until mid-afternoon" . As the day before, the day will be classified orange in the direction of returns to the Mediterranean rim.

No more sectors will be in red on Sunday, but traffic will remain difficult in the outbound direction in half of the country. "In the outbound direction, heavy traffic is expected on the roads in the North-West quarter (A10, A11 and A13), the Rhône Valley (A7) and for access to the Mont-Blanc Tunnel," from late morning until early evening, according to Bison futé.