HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES 2018 Traffic Restrictions CONTENTS
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HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES 2018 Traffic restrictions CONTENTS TRAFFIC BANS 3 General traffic ban 3 Complementary traffic bans 3 EXEMPTIONS 6 Permanent exemptions 6 Prefectoral exemptions 6 PERMANENT TRAFFIC BANS 8 PROHIBITIONS APPLIED IN BORDERING COUNTRIES 10 SPECIFIC TRANSPORT 12 Public transport for children 12 Exceptional transport 12 Transporting logs (roundwood) 13 STORM PLANS 14 APPLICABLE REGULATIONS 15 SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL TRAFFIC BANS 16 2 TRAFFIC BANS General and complementary traffic bans relate to vehicles or combination vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 7.5 tons, assigned to the road transport of dangerous and non-dangerous goods, excluding specific vehicles and agricultural machinery and devices. Public holidays in France in 2018 st General traffic ban New Year's day: Monday 1 January Easter Monday: Monday 2 April This ban applies all year long, to the entire national road network: Labour day: Tuesday 1st May Saturday 22:00 until Sunday 22:00; Victory day 1945: Tuesday 8 May the day prior public holidays from 22:00 to 22:00 the next day. Ascension: Thursday 10 May Pentecost Monday: Monday 21 May Complementary traffic bans National day: Saturday 14 July These bans apply to part of the Rhône-Alpes network in winter Assumption: Wednesday 15 August st (see page 4) and to the entire national road network in summer. All Saints' day: Thursday 1 November Armistice 1918: Sunday 11 Winter in Rhône-Alpes November Saturday 10/02 Sunday 11/02 Christmas: Tuesday 25 December Saturday 17/02 Sunday 18/02 7:00 - 18:00 Saturday 24/02 Sunday 25/02 0:00 - 22:00 22:00 - 24:00 Saturday 03/03 Sunday 04/03 Saturday 10/03 Sunday 11/03 Summer throughout the national network Complementary bans, key dates Saturday 21/07 Sunday 22/07 10, 17, 24 February Saturday 28/07 Sunday 29/07 3, 10 March 21, 28 July Saturday 04/08 7:00 - 19:00 Sunday 05/08 0:00 - 22:00 4, 11, 18 August Saturday 11/08 Sunday 12/08 Saturday 18/08 Sunday 19/08 3 The Rhône-Alpes network concerned by the traffic bans in winter ROAD: BOURG-EN-BRESSE / ROAD: LYON / CHAMBÉRY / ROADS: BELLEGARDE ROAD: GRENOBLE / CHAMONIX TARENTAISE / MAURIENNE AND SAINT-JULIEN-EN- CHAMBÉRY A40 - from Pont-d’Ain A43 -from the A46 south / A43 GENEVOIS / ANNECY / A41 south - between (A40 / A42 junction) interchange to the A43 / A432 ALBERTVILLE Grenoble and the A43 to Passy-le-Fayet interchange travelling towards A41 north - from Saint-Julien- (Francin interchange) in (A40/RD1205 junction) Lyon-Chambéry en-Genevois (A40 / A41 Montmélian travelling north RD1084 - from Pont-d’Ain A43 - from the A43 /A432 north junction) to Cruseilles RD1090 - between (RD1084 / RD1075 junction) interchange to the Fréjus (A410 / A41 north junction) Montmélian (73) to Bellegarde tunnel RD1201 - from Saint-Julien- and Pontcharra (38) RD1206 - from Bellegarde A430 - from Pont-Royal en-Genevois to Annecy to Annemasse (A43/A430 junction) RD1508 - from Bellegarde RD1205 - from Annemasse to Gilly-sur-Isère to Annecy to Passy-le-Fayet (A430 / RN90 junction) RD3508 - Annecy bypass Roads in the Rhône- RN205 - from Passy-le-Fayet RD1090 - from Pont-Royal to RD1508 - from Annecy Alpes network which are to Chamonix Gilly-sur-Isère (A430 / RN90 to Ugine prohibited in winter junction) RD1212 - from Ugine Bourg-en-Bresse / ROAD: LYON / GRENOBLE / RN90 - from Gilly-sur-Isère to Albertville BRIANÇON (A430 / RN90 junction) Chamonix. A48 - from Coiranne (A48/ to Bourg-Saint-Maurice ROAD: CHAMBÉRY / Lyon / Chambéry / A43 junction) to Saint-Égrève RD1090 - from Bourg-Saint- ANNECY / SCIENTRIER Tarentaise / Maurienne. (A48 / A480 junction) Maurice to Séez A410 - from Scientrier Lyon / Grenoble / A480 - from Saint-Égrève RD306 (Rhône) and RD1006 (A410 / A40 junction) to Briançon. (A48/A480 junction) to (Isère and Savoie) - from Saint- Cruseilles (A410 /A41 north Pont-de-Claix (A480 / RN85 Bonnet-de-Mure to Freney junction) Bellegarde and Saint- junction) RN201 - when crossing A41 north - from Cruseilles Julien-en-Genevois / RN85 - from Pont-de-Claix Chambéry (VRU) (A410 / A41 north junction) Annecy / Albertville. (A480/RN85 junction) to to the junction with the A43 Annemasse / Sallanches / Vizille (RN85 / RD1091 ROAD: ANNEMASSE / at Chambéry junction) SALLANCHES / ALBERTVILLE RD1201 - between Albertville. RD1091 - from Vizille RD1205 - from Annemasse Chambéry and Annecy Chambéry / Annecy / (RN85 / RD1091 junction) to to Sallanches RD1203 - between Annecy Scientrier. Briançon RD1212 - from Sallanches and Bonneville Grenoble / Chambéry. to Albertville All roads are prohibited in both directions unless specifically indicated otherwise (highlighted in the text). 4 Traffic bans in Île-de-France (Greater Paris) Specific bans apply in addition to the general and complementary bans in Île-de-France. No exemptions are accorded. Specific timetables bans in Île-de-France (integrating general regulations and excluding the five Saturdays of the summer holidays) Paris Rest of France Rest of France Paris Monday – 06:00 - 10:00 Friday 16:00 - 21:00 – 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday 22:00 - 24:00 22:00 - 24:00 Sunday 00:00 - 24:00 00:00 - 24:00 days before public 16:00 - 24:00 22:00 - 24:00 holidays public holidays 00:00 - 24:00 00:00 - 24:00 days after public holidays – 06:00 - 10:00 Prohibited motorway sections in Île-de-France (Greater Paris) (excluding specific vehicles and equipment and farming machinery) A6a and A6b motorways from the Paris ringroad to the connecting roads with the A6 and A10 motorways (Wissous municipality). The A106 motorway from its connection with the A6b to Orly airport. Échangeur The A6 motorway Poissy - Orgeval from its connection with the A6a and the A6b to its A13 Paris connection with the RN104-east (Lisses municipality). A13 A12 The A10 motorway from its connection with the A6a and the A6b to the RN20 Jonction RN10 A6b (Champlan municipality). Montigny-le-bretonneux A6a A106 The A13 motorway Orly from the Paris ringroad to the Poissy/Orgeval interchange A10 (Orgeval). A6a The A12 motorway RN20 Champlan from its connection with the A13 motorway (Rocquencourt RN104-Est triangle) to the RN10 (Montigny-le-Bretonneux municipality). Lisses 5 EXEMPTIONS Permanent exemptions Permanent exemptions, not requiring special authorisation, are granted under certain conditions, for the transportation of: For obtaining details of conditions 5 livestock, perishable products or foodstuffs(see for exemptions, consult transport appendix I of the order of 11 July 2011, on www.bison- companies’ space, www.bison- fute.gouv.fr Transporters’ info); fute.gouv.fr 5 beet pulps, during the beet campaign period; 5 agricultural produce, during the harvest period (products cultivated on farmland, including cereals and straw); 5 press titles; 5 industrial gamma radiography equipment; 5 trucked air freight; 5 fireworks; 5 gaseous hydrocarbons in a liquefied mixture or petroleum products destined for the holding of properly authorised sports competitions; 5 medical gases, hospital waste, linen and goods necessary for the functioning of public or private healthcare establishments; 5 transportation linked to the assembly and dismantling of installations used for economic, sporting, cultural, Removal of bans educational or political events organised in accordance Prefects of départements may issue with the laws and regulations in force; an exemption from a general prohi- 5 transportation linked to office or factory removals in bition on traffic and from additional urban areas; restrictions in the absence of any harmonisation of traffic prohibi- 5 transportation linked to itinerant trading, selling products tions with States with which France at fairs or markets. shares a border, in order to mitigate their effects. Prefectoral exemptions They may issue an exemption from Exemptions may be issued by the prefects of départements. a general prohibition on traffic, from additional restrictions and from res- Exceptional exemptions trictions specific to the Ile-de-France, in the exceptional circumstances Issued in the form of a temporary regulatory decision granting referred to opposite (section on exemption, these do not require special individual decisions. "Exceptional exemptions") if the vehi- They apply to essential and urgent transportation for the cles concerned have been immobi- purposes of: lised for the 72 hours preceding the start of the prohibition. 6 5 dealing with the consequences, including economic consequences, of a crisis, such as a natural disaster, or exceptional natural or climate-related events or phenomena, Validity of the exemption such as drought, flooding, snowfalls; The exemption must be carried 5 preventing a risk linked to a serious accident or disaster likely aboard the vehicle and have been to pose a risk to life or to the integrity of persons, property completed by its holder, indicating or the environment. the movement date and the vehi- cle registration number. Individual exemptions These cannot last for a period longer than one year. They are granted for: 5 transportation deemed essential and urgent, in response to an unforeseen event such as the breakdown of an electricity supply network, a hospital heating system or a fractured water pipe; Where the journey covers seve- 5 supplying a distribution centre threatened with shortages; ral departments, the exemption is 5 waste transport for the removal of waste from tips and granted after the prefects agree- slaughterhouses; ment departments departure and 5 transport of dangerous goods intended for loading or from arrival. emergency unloading in maritime ports; 5 procurement of fuel to motorway service stations and of aircraft fuel to airports by tankers, harbours for fishing ships at regular passings; 5 vehicles transporting goods necessary for the continuous operation of certain services or production units. When they concern dangerous goods, those exemptions can only be granted after the opinion of the interdepartmental Exceptional exemptions are commission for dangerous goods transportation ; issued by the defence and secu- 5 vehicles destined to help perform public services or rity zone prefect in circumstances emergency services in response to immediate collective whose scope extends beyond the needs; confines of the département.