level 2 of the “snow and ice” plan triggered

This weekend back from vacation, the Paris police headquarters is calling on road users to exercise great caution, in particular by lowering the speed limit by 20 km/h “on all axes of the road network in the perimeter of application” of the plan, excluding the ring road.

“Given the precipitation forecast for the evening,” the police headquarters announced the activation of level 2 of the “snow and ice” plan in Ile-de-France, at 5 p.m., Saturday January 4. En this weekend back from vacation, the authorities are calling on road users to be vigilant. “The speed limit is lowered by 20 km/h on all axes of the road network within the scope of application of the PNVIFoff the ring road”, specifies the police headquarters in his press release.

Twenty-eight departments were placed on orange “snow-ice” vigilance on Saturday evening in the north and northeast of the country. In addition to all the departments of Ile-de-France, these are: Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, Côte d’Or, Haute-Saône, Eure, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Seine-Maritime, the Somme, the Vosges and the Territoire de Belfort. Inversely, Orne, Eure-et-Loir finally switched to yellow vigilance on Saturday evening.

L’“episode of snow, then especially freezing rain in the North and North-East” will continue into the night, warns Météo-France.