[Pollution] Differentiated traffic is renewed in the Lille metropolis from Monday

It’s not going well. After several days on persistent alert, the North has been above the alert level since Friday. The prefecture has therefore announced that it will renew differentiated traffic in several cities in the Lille metropolitan area from Monday March 28.for at least 24 hours”. In the meantime, speed limit measures on the main roads are still in effect this weekend.

“The alert level should be reached for the North today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). This episode of pollution began on Monday March 21 in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais.” The latest press release Atmo, the regional air observatory, goes straight to the point: it hasn’t been good to breathe since last Monday in the North.

In addition to our own emissions, Atmo indicates that this episode of pollution is also explained by “an arrival of an air mass loaded with particles from the east“. And the weather conditions of the week are pleasant but do not allow these particles to be dispersed properly.

Suddenly, unsurprisingly, the prefecture is renewing the measures put in place for several days, in particular on the roads of the North, Pas-de-Calais and now the Somme. The speed is therefore always temporarily limited:

• at 110 km/h on portions of motorways normally limited to 130 km/h
• at 90 km/h on portions of motorways and national and departmental roads normally limited to 110 km/h
• at 80 km/h for trucks over 3.5 tonnes

As for differentiated circulationit is not renewed for the weekend but it will return on Monday March 28 in several cities of the Lille metropolis, from 6 am and “for at least 24 hours“. Are concerned:

• Little
• Hellemmes
• Pocket
• Madeleine
• Lambersart
• Lezennes
• Marcq-en-Baroeul
• Marquette-lez-Lille
• Mons-en-Baroeul
• Ronchin
• Saint-Andre-lez-Lille
• Sequential
• excluding axes A1, A22, A25, N227 and M652

Only the following vehicles will be authorized to circulate:

• light motor vehicles with “Crit’Air” certificate 0, 1, 2 and 3
• heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, buses and coaches with Euro IV and higher standards, electric, hybrid or gas-powered (corresponding to Crit’Air certificates 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4)
• motorcycles (two-wheelers and tricycles);
• all vehicles used for the purpose of carpoolingi.e. carrying at least one passenger in addition to the driver, regardless of their “Crit’Air” sticker
• certain categories of vehicles benefiting from a derogation: emergency and law enforcement vehicles, public transport, vehicles of approved civil security associations, driving instruction vehicles, etc.

We remind you that driving in a vehicle without the appropriate “Crit’Air” sticker is punishable by a fixed fine of €68.

The MEL and Ilévia have not yet made an official announcement, but it is assumed that public transport in the Lille metropolitan area will therefore be free again this Monday, February 28.

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