After passing through Marseille on Wednesday, the Olympic flame begins its circuit in the Var this Friday. The major cities of the Metropolis are concerned.
Hyères welcomes the flame between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., from the salt road to the archaeological site of Olbia, after its passage through Saint-Raphaël from 8:10 a.m. She will continue her journey by Brignoles (around 11:15 a.m.) and Flassans (1 p.m.).
On the side of La Seynethe torchbearers complete a route between Fort Balaguier and the Naval Park between 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. in order to head towards Les Salles-sur-Verdon (4:40 p.m.) and The guard (5:15 p.m.). The torch will end its day at Toulon. This is where the last torchbearer will burn the cauldron, around 7:20 p.m..
To ensure that everything runs smoothly, an important security system has been programmed. Several hundred Var police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized with external reinforcements bringing the workforce to 1,440 personnel, or even more than 2,000 by adding municipal police officers, firefighters, private security agents and soldiers of the operation Sentinel.
The Olympic flame and those who will carry it will be protected by “a bubble” formed by mobile force units, a GIGN team and police and gendarmes sticking to the torchbearers’ sneakers. On the relay routes in the Var (24km in total including eight between La Garde and Toulon), “decrees provide for parking bans 24 hours in advance and traffic bans one hour in advance.”
Parking will be prohibited but also traffic (one hour before) on the routes where the Olympic flame passes.
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