Maine-et-Loire. Winter suns and Christmas festivities in Angers: here's how to get around

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End of year weekends know a large influx of Angevins and visitors came to take advantage of the facilities of Winter suns or shops in the city. This situation can occasionally create congestion on certain traffic routes. traffic in the hypercenter of Angers.

Where to park during the festivities?

In order not to congest the hypercenter and facilitate its access, the City of Angers invites residents and visitors to favor access by public transport, by bike, or on foot.

Motorists are encouraged to park in the car parks located around the city centre, which allow you to easily reach the shopping streets, rather than entering them by car.

• Bressigny car park: 7 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Mail or Leclerc car park: 6 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Molière car park: 5 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Fleurs d’eau-Les Halles car park: 3 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Two Mitterrand car parks: 10 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Stud car park: 10 minutes from Place du Ralliement
• Marengo car park: 10 minutes from Place du Ralliement.

The Ralliement car park is not closed, but this option is not recommended given the risk of congestion on the access routes to it.

Traffic regulation by city officials

To streamline access to the city centre, exceptional mobilization of city agents is planned, from Saturday November 30.

The municipal police as well as the road or public space teams will be mobilized to regulate the passage of cars. A temporary barrier could be installed to keep motorists waiting while blocked vehicles leave areas where traffic is too heavy, such as the Rameau intersection for example.

Municipal police officers, based at the Urban Supervision Center (CSU), will direct field officers using images received in real time to deploy them in the most critical areas.

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