Snow in Brittany: here are the traffic restrictions for heavy goods vehicles and cars this Thursday

Snowfall will be felt in Brittany this Thursday morning. Storm Caetano brings its share of snowflakes to Ille-et-Vilaine and Côtes-d'Armor, to the point that Météo France has placed these two departments on orange alert.

With the first accumulations starting around 5 a.m.-6 a.m., sections of the national road network will be closed to traffic to vehicles and combinations of vehicles whose gross vehicle weight (GVWR) is greater than 7.5 tonnes. In the region, this concerns the RN12, the RN164, the RN176 and the A84. The heavy goods vehicles in question are subject to storage obligations according to a press release from the prefecture.

Where should the heaviest vehicles stop?

From 6 a.m., heavy goods vehicles with a GVW greater than 7.5 tonnes and going towards Rennes will be prohibited from traveling on the RN12 between Morlaix and Ille-et-Vilaine. A compulsory storage area is located in Plouigneau (29). In the opposite direction, coming from Rennes, this will be prohibited for them between Bédée (35) and Finistère. A mandatory site is located in Pleumeleuc (35).

On the RN164 side, heavy goods vehicles going from Carhaix (29) to Rennes are invited to store near the first town. At the RN176, those coming from Avranches to go to Dinan (22) will have to store at Roz-Landrieux (35).

On the A84, between Rennes and Caen, vehicles going towards Normandy will have to park at the Fougères bar (35) if they are assigned to the transport of goods, or forced to turn around if they are not. are not.

Reduced speed and overtaking bans

Only vehicles, emergency equipment and intervention equipment of the same weight will be authorized to circulate on the roads in question. As for vehicles which do not have a GVW greater than 7.5 tonnes, they will also be able to travel there but at a speed limited to 70 km/h.

Throughout the Côtes-d'Armor department, from 6 a.m., vehicles with a GVWR of more than 7.5 tonnes are not authorized to carry out any overtaking maneuvers. Their maximum authorized speed is lowered by 20 km/h on all axes of the national network.

In Ille-et-Vilaine, the speed limit measure of 20 km/h and the overtaking ban in force, from 6 a.m., will concern all roads in the department (secondary network included).