“We didn’t see anyone,” testifies a motorist stuck on the A36 motorway since Thursday evening at 9 p.m.

“On the highway radio, we were told that people would pass with water and coffee, we are still waiting,” he told Bleu Besançon on Friday morning.

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Published on 22/11/2024 09:18

Updated on 22/11/2024 09:29

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Big hassle for motorists on the road during a snowy episode on the night of Thursday 21 to Friday 22 November 2024 in the Montbéliard region. Here, hundreds of trucks and cars stuck on the A36 motorway. (LIONEL VADAM / MAXPPP)
Big hassle for motorists on the road during a snowy episode on the night of Thursday 21 to Friday 22 November 2024 in the Montbéliard region. Here, hundreds of trucks and cars stuck on the A36 motorway. (LIONEL VADAM / MAXPPP)

“We didn’t see anyone, no Departmental Equipment Directorate, no gendarme”testifies Friday November 22 at the microphone of France Bleu Besançon Dominique, a motorist stuck on the A36 motorway near Voujeaucourt (), since Thursday November 21 at 9 p.m.

The highway is paralyzed, in Doubs, with some “750 heavy goods vehicles parked on the A36”according to a final assessment communicated Friday mid-morning on TF1 and BFMTV by the Minister of Transport, François Durovray. Heavy goods vehicles are prohibited from driving on the A36 motorway in both directions between (68) and Saint-Vit (25) until 10 a.m.

“On the highway radio, we were told that people would pass with water and coffee, we are still waiting”continues this trader working in , who “runs his car”. He spent the night there. “We were told that the passenger cars were going to come out, but that's not happening. There are a lot of people, a lot of trucks,” he testifies, noting that it has snowed again “15 centimeters” this night.

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