Snowy episode in Eure – News

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At 2:30 p.m., Friday November 22, traffic restrictions for heavy goods vehicles are lifted:

The improvement in climatic conditions has led Météo France to lift the orange vigilance and place the Eure department on yellow snow-ice vigilance since 12:00 p.m. At 2:30 p.m., all traffic restriction measures were lifted on the Eure road network. Heavy goods vehicles parked in storage areas can therefore resume their journey.

Since the start of the event, 19 minor injuries have been treated.

At the peak of the event, 650 heavy goods vehicles were stored in the department, in 3 storage areas. Meals were distributed by Civil Protection and the Red Cross to stranded truck drivers.

5,500 ENEDIS customers remain without electricity, in 74 municipalities. ENEDIS continues to restore power, with the reinforcement of teams from Picardy.

The roads are passable but traffic conditions remain difficult, particularly on the secondary network.

The prefecture's crisis unit, which coordinated operations, has been lifted.

Charles Giusti, prefect of Eure, recalls that in the context of winter traffic conditions, the greatest caution must be observed on the roads. Refreezing phenomena and slippery roads remain locally possible, particularly at nightfall.

The prefect of Eure thanks the firefighters, the gendarmerie soldiers, the police officers, and all the agents of the State services, local authorities and civil security associations mobilized in the management of this first winter episode.

He also welcomes the solidarity actions of citizens to assist those involved, including in particular those of farmers.

• You can consult live traffic on www.inforoute27.fr

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Order prohibiting the circulation of heavy goods vehicles of +7.5t

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Prevention measures:

• Postpone any non-urgent travel if traffic conditions are poor.

• Before leaving, clear your car windows of any presence of snow or frost.

• Find out about traffic conditions before hitting the road

• Adapt your speed to the traffic conditions.

• Adopt prudent driving by considerably increasing safety distances and opt for very smooth driving without using the steering wheel, accelerator or brakes.

• Facilitate the passage of snow removal and salting equipment. Please note that overtaking these vehicles is prohibited.

• Throughout your journey, ensure that your vehicle's signal lights are clean.

For any information, you can consult :

• The Facebook account of the Prefecture of Eure (https://www.facebook.com/prefet27/)
• The X account of the Prefecture of Eure (https://x.com/Prefet27)

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