After crossing the Mediterranean from Greece aboard the Belem, the Olympic flame will arrive this May 8 in the Phocaean city. As a reminder, the famous three-masted ship will enter the harbor of Marseille around 12:45 p.m., accompanied by a “armada of very diverse boats” for a “great parade at sea”. The Belem will then return to the old port at 6 p.m. “very precisely” and will dock around 7 p.m. so that the Olympic flame can come down.
As part of this sporting and global event, numerous restrictions will be put in place in the city of Marseille, sometimes from May 5 and until May 9. They will concern the circulation (from May 7 at 8 p.m. to May 9 at 2:30 p.m.) and the parking (from May 5 at 10 p.m. to May 9 at 2:30 p.m.). Here, in detail, are the streets that will be affected:
Traffic and parking prohibited on the following streets
Port quayside
Harbor quay
Quay of the Old Port
Coastal highway
Avenue Vaudoyer
Martegales Road
Rue Henri-Tasso
Avenue de St-Jean
Avenue de Saint-Jean
Lacydon Street
Rue de la Loge
Montée St-Esprit
Place du Mazeau
Garland Street
Place Victor Gelu
Place Villeneuve-Bargemon
Garland Street
Rue Méry
High Street
Part of the Saint-Esprit climb
Rue du Chevalier Roze
Republic street
Rue Henri Foccia
Blackberry Street
Prison Street
Rue des Consuls
Rue Hosiery
Cutlery Street
Rue Judge du Palais
Rue du Dr Aviérinos
Fraternity quay side
Fraternity Quay
Rue des Augustins
Place Gabriel Péri
Place Albert 1er
La Canebière, to the intersection with rue Ferréol
Place General de Gaulle
Quai des Belges
Rue Bailli de Suffren
Rue Beauvau
Pytheas Street
Tower Street
Rive-Neuve quay side
Rive-neuve wharf
Euthymenes Street
Rue Saint-Saëns
Jean-Ballard Course
Fortia Street
Estienne d’Orves lessons
Rue de la Paix Marcel-Paul
Place for Oils
Rue du Chantier
Rue Plan-Fourmiguier
Rue Robert
Quai des Ligures
Quai des Phocéens
The entire Fairing sector
Rue Chambon
Rue du Cdt Lamy
Boulevard Charles-Livon
Saint-Maurice Ramp
Streets prohibited only for parking
All around the La Tourette esplanade
Cashier Street
Metro
Closure of the Vieux-Port station on May 8 only
Closed car parks
Old Port/City Hall
Estienne d’Orves
Old Port/La Criée car park
Open parking just outside
Old Port/La Criée
Tunnels
Restrictions on entry and exit access in the Vieux-Port and Prado-Carenage tunnels will take place from May 8 at 7 a.m. to May 9 at 2 a.m. Crossing the tunnels will remain possible.
Above the area (in light yellow on the infographic) called “pedestrian protection perimeter with filtering.” Prohibited from parking and traffic, as indicated above, it will therefore be pedestrian only. Public screening will begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8 and end at 2 a.m. on Thursday, May 9.
Filtering : “Filtering will be carried out by security agents from the City of Marseille, supported by law enforcement. An opening of bags and a check of any other personal effects will be carried out, as well as a check by palpation and metal detection. In this perspective, men and women will be separated into two distinct lines. say the authorities.
Objects prohibited within the security perimeter: “Protest flags and banners, drones, lasers, flashlights, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, bulky objects, stoves, glass containers, diving and climbing equipment, life jackets, firecrackers, alcohol will be prohibited in addition to the current prohibitions which are as a reminder: the ban on carrying a weapon of any category and ammunition, the possession of narcotics, fireworks and smoke bombs, corrosive/flammable substances.”
