Many roads will be closed to traffic from September 12 to September 15, mainly in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements of Paris on the occasion of the parade of athletes from the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
One last opportunity to celebrate the event. Two weeks after the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a large parade of athletes is being organized this Saturday, September 14 on the Champs-Élysées and the Place de l’Étoile in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
This is why the police prefecture has published an order specifying the traffic and parking changes in anticipation of the event. These restrictions began this Wednesday, September 11 on Avenue Carnot in the 17th arrondissement, where parking is prohibited from No. 1 to No. 24 until Sunday, September 15 at 12 noon.
Many roads, detailed in the press release from the prefecture and in the map below, in the 7th, 8th and 16th arrondissements located around the Champs-Élysées and the Place de l’Étoile are also affected by a ban on parking “all types of vehicles” from this Friday, September 13 at 7 a.m. until Sunday, September 15 at noon.
Traffic disrupted until Sunday
Traffic-wise, traffic is prohibited from September 11 to September 12, 11:59 p.m. within the perimeter below, the surrounding lanes of which remain accessible, in the 8th arrondissement as well as on Avenue Carnot in the 17th.
After this deadline, the traffic ban perimeter will be extended and will apply until September 14 at 11 a.m., then September 15 from 2 a.m. to 12 p.m.
In the meantime, from 11 a.m. on September 14 until 2 a.m. the following day, this perimeter will also include roads in the 16th and 17th arrondissements as well as the Alexandre III bridge, as shown in the plan below.
For the event, a large parade of athletes but also members of the Olympic and Paralympic Games organization, volunteers and representatives of government services is planned between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. this Saturday. A parade that will inaugurate a night of festivities, with a concert planned from 9 p.m. followed by a DJ set from 11 p.m. to midnight.
