Storm Caetano: chaos in transport around Nantes

All those who are behind the wheel this late Thursday afternoon must be patient in Nantes and more widely throughout the Nantes metropolitan area. The caps are increasing on the roads due to the closure of the Cheviré bridge on the ring road. This measure is the consequence of the strong gusts of wind which have been sweeping the region since midday. The Saint-Nazaire bridge is also closed, so all traffic between the north and south of the estuary is diverted to Nantes where the situation is chaotic well before entering the city. Kilometers of traffic jams were observed on the RN 165.

Crippled trains

Four roads departmental roads were cut in the middle of the afternoon, the blue route in the direction Saint-Brevin-Pornic, the RD23 in Ligné towards Couffé, the RD13 between Touvois and the RD72 and the RD 773 for 6 km between Pontchâteau and Besne .

On the rail network, traffic was completely interrupted departing from Nantes station due to a power problem. No trains run, TGV, intervities, TER.

Regarding air traffic, several flights were diverted or canceled departing and arriving from Nantes-Atlantique airport.