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A sector under high surveillance. This Tuesday, December 31, 2024, the Champs-Élysées and the surrounding neighborhoods will be subject to a major security system on the occasion of the New Year celebrations which attract people every year. hundreds of thousands of people. In a press release published Sunday, December 29, the police headquarters details the measures implemented around the famous artery of the 8th arrondissement of Paris and the Arc de Triomphe, where the fireworks will be set off at midnight.

Traffic prohibited on the Champs-Élysées from 3 p.m.

If the heaviest traffic and parking restrictions are applied a few hours before the start of the festivities, certain streets of 8e, 16e et 17e districts are already inaccessible for motorists, since this Sunday. This is particularly the case at the level of Plateau de l’Etoile and the top of the Champs-Élysées and on the portion at the intersection of rue de Presbourg and rue Tilsitt.

In addition to traffic, parking will be prohibited on several roads in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissement, Tuesday December 31, 2024, from 4 p.m., until Wednesday January 1, 2025 at 4 a.m.:

• L’avenue George Vrue Christophe Colomb, rue Lincoln, rue François 1er, rue Pierre Charron, rue Marbeuf, rue de Marignan,avenue Montaignethe Queen course, theavenue Franklin D. Rooseveltrue de la Boétie, rue de Ponthieu, rue du Colisée, rue Jean Mermoz,avenue MatignonAvenue Gabriel, Place de la Concorde

For residents of the neighborhood subject to the security perimeter, it will be necessary to show proof of imperatives private, professionals or family. This will be possible by entering through these filter points:

• rue de la Pérouse, rue Jean Giraudoux, rue Dumont d’Urville, theavenue d’Iénarue Newton, rue de Galilée, avenue Marceau, rue de Bassano, rue Magellan, rue Quentin Bauchart, rue Bayard,avenue Winston Churchillthe street of Faubourg Saint-Honorérue Boissy d’Anglas, rue de Surène, the boulevard Malesherbesrue de la Ville l'Evêque, rue d'Astorg, rue Roquepine, rue de Penthièvre, rue de Berri, rue de Washington, rue de Balzac, avenue de Friedland, rue Arsène Houssaye and Avenue Hoche

Near the Champs-Élysées, searches will be administered from 3 p.m. Bags will be checked. Each person will be patted down. Will be prohibited firearmspyrotechnic devices or “any object likely to constitute a weapon or projectile”, reports the police headquarters.

None alcohol consumption will not be allowed on the celebration sites. Same measure for sales. This decree will be effective until Wednesday January 1, 2025, at 10 a.m. A million people are expected.

10,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized in Paris and the inner suburbs.

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