With the music festival and the Top 14 semi-finals at the Matmut-Atlantique stadium, on Friday June 21 and Saturday June 22, car traffic in Bordeaux will be adapted, with the closure of certain areas. The prefecture invites spectators to plan their trips.
The busy weekend of events in Bordeaux will perhaps turn into a headache for motorists. Between the music festival and the Top 14 semi-finals at the Matmut-Atlantique stadium, Friday June 21 and Saturday June 22, traffic in the Gironde metropolis will be strongly impacted, with several sectors closed to traffic.
This Friday, June 21, while the first semi-final of the Top 14, between Stade Toulousain and Stade Rochelais, will be played at 8:15 p.m. in a sold-out Matmut-Atlantique stadium, a perimeter prohibited to the circulation of motor vehicles will be in place from 4 p.m., near the stadium.
The perimeter closed to motor vehicle traffic around the Matmut-Atlantique stadium, from 4 p.m. Friday June 21 and 5 p.m. Saturday June 22.
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© Document sent by the Gironde prefecture
The Charles-Bricaud and Jules-Ladoumègue courses, as well as rue du Vergne, avenue de la Jallère and rue du Docteur-Gabriel-Péri will be prohibited to the circulation of any motor vehicle, with the exception of public transport. common in the city. It will be the same for the second semi-final, between Stade Français and Union Bordeaux-Bègles, scheduled for Saturday June 22 at 9 p.m. This time the perimeter will be active from 5 p.m.
“Priority will be given to public transport (trams and shuttle buses to the stadium from the Cité du Vin and Cenon Gare) and to the use of bicycles, indicates the Gironde prefecture in a press release. Spectators are advised to anticipate their arrival at the stadium.” Especially since a strike is planned on the TBM network for Saturday, with major disruptions expected on public transport.
The prefecture adds that, “for users who do not go to the stadium, it is recommended to avoid the northern ring road of Bordeaux and the Aquitaine bridge between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. during these two days of June 21 and 22”.
In addition to rugby matches, the Bordeaux metropolis must also adapt to the music festival this Friday, June 21, with numerous open-air concerts planned in the city center. To allow everyone to enjoy the event in a secure manner, a perimeter prohibited to car traffic has been determined, in the city center, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.
In orange, the boundary of the pedestrian zone in the city center of Bordeaux, closed to cars from 8 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday.
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© City of Bordeaux
All the practical information can be found on the city of Bordeaux website, for the music festival, or the Gironde prefecture website for the rugby semi-finals.
