“Conditions are improving, snowfall is decreasing,” according to the department’s deputy director general, in charge of planning and mobility.

More than 20 centimeters of snow fell in certain areas of the Seine-Maritime department.

THE “snow conditions are improving, snowfall is decreasing”explains Thursday November 21 on franceinfo François Bellouard, deputy director general of the Seine-Maritime department, in charge of planning and mobility, after the passage of the Caetano storm and the snowfall.

“We reached more than 20 centimeters of snow in certain sectors of the department, particularly to the west near Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc”. “30 teams are working on the main roads”pour “pushing the snow and removing it from the road, they work until 9 p.m. thanks to the day shifts which have been extended, then we move on to preventive work at 9 p.m. and it will be salting to prevent the ice on Friday morning. As the snow stops, the risk for tonight is that the humidity on the road turns into ice at the end of the night..

Furthermore, traffic conditions “are delicate on the secondary network, these roads are completely white, and even if they are not prohibited to traffic, it is recommended that users drive with caution and avoid travel if it is not essential”warns François Bellouard. He is delighted that there is “no major accident in our department with injuries, no traffic jams”neither. We have “a road cut in both directions around Lillebonne where trees threaten to fall with the weight of the snow”.

Regarding rail, “the trains continue to run but between Le Havre and Rouen trees fell on the tracks, which led to the closure of the axis, traffic must resume on this axis at the moment”.