measures are currently being put in place

The Great East is not the only region affected by this phenomenon. In recent days, the Alps in particular have also experienced a significant pollution peak.

For the Haut-Rhinit is from this Tuesday, January 21, 2025 that ATMO Grand Est, a non-profit association responsible for monitoring air quality in the region, indicates that the alert threshold for fine particle air pollution PM10, will be exceeded from Tuesday January 21, 2025.

The department prefecture has therefore decided to put in place measures to limit this.

Lights, works and traffic speed concerned

Here are the measures put in place by the prefect of Haut-Rhin:

• All burning green waste in the open air is prohibited, except for safety reasons
  public; possible exemptions for phytosanitary or agronomic reasons are suspended;
• burning out, the burning of agricultural residues and forestry waste is prohibited, except for safety reasons;
• THE generating work of dust (demolition site, etc.) on construction sites can only be carried out if watering to suppress dust is implemented simultaneously;
• THE fireworks are prohibited;
• use of bois and its derivatives like heating approval in all dwellings, as long as it is not an essential source of heating is prohibited;
• the operators of classified installations subject to authorization ensure the proper functioning of the filtration devices and implement, where applicable, the measures provided for in their operating order for alert level 1;
• the maximum speed authorized on motorways and divided lanes is reduced by 20 km/h without falling below 70 km/h for all categories of users in both directions of traffic; This measure does not concern law enforcement and civil security vehicles, fire and rescue service vehicles and medical emergency vehicles (SAMU, SMUR-ATSU)
• Communities that have defined emergency plans implement the most appropriate actions.

Other measures will be added if the pollution alert is maintained in the coming days.

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