Users of school transport and regular bus lines must make arrangements for this Thursday, November 21, 2024. In fact, the coaches will remain stationary all day due to the expected risk of snow and ice.
“By prefectural decree and from midnight on Thursday November 21, the circulation of collective transport of children is prohibited on all roads in the Sarthe department”specifies the Prefecture, on the evening of this Wednesday. This includes regular services primarily for schools, transport for students with disabilities, after-school activities and occasional school outings.
This system was triggered due to the Caetano depression for which the department of Sarthe was placed on Orange meteorological alert “ice snow”, this Thursday, November 21, 2024. From 5 a.m., “the movement of the depression towards the east could cause snowfall of around 1 to 5 centimeters across the entire department, or even locally 10 centimeters in North Sarthe”warns the Sarthe prefecture.
On the other hand, still by prefectural decree taken by the prefect of the Western defense and security zone, vehicles and combinations of vehicles whose GVW exceeds 7.5 tonnes are not authorized to carry out overtaking maneuvers. Their maximum authorized speed is lowered by 20 km/h, on all axes of the national road network (national roads and motorways) in the Sarthe department, from Thursday November 21 at 6 a.m.
Concerning coach transport, Transdev indicates that their customers will be kept informed of the resumption of services on the site aleop.paysdeloire.fr.
