Speed is limited on certain routes to reduce pollution. JEAN-PIERRE MULLER / AFP
Fine particles are still very present in Bordeaux and in the nearest towns. The prefecture has taken several measures, including lowering the maximum speed on the roads by 20km/h.
Le Figaro Bordeaux
This Monday, March 6, the episode of fine particle pollution that began on Friday in New Aquitaine continues, mainly in Bordeaux and in the neighboring metropolitan municipalities.
“The improvement in air quality that began on Sunday will be confirmed with a very marked decrease in bad indices in the region», Rejoices, however, the Atmo Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the air quality observatory in the region. “Only the agglomerations of Bordeaux, Pau and Brive may remain affected by poor air quality due to fine particles PM2.5“, specifies the organization. The situation should improve in Bordeaux from March 7. The pollen risk in the city is currently very high too, at least until March 10, because of alder pollen, warns the Atmo again.
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The sources of this pollution with fine participles in the air are multiple: they can be fumes from wood heating, the consequences of agricultural spreading, industrial discharges or even road traffic. On Friday, the Gironde prefecture therefore implemented several emergency measures, in particular to reduce automobile pollution, which are still in force.
Car speed reduced by 20km/h
In Gironde, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne and Haute-Vienne, the maximum speeds authorized on roads outside towns have been lowered by 20km/h, without going below 70km /h. It is compulsory to drive at a maximum of 110km/h on the motorway, 90km/h on lanes limited to 110, and 70km/h on those limited to 90 or 80km/h. “The police will carry out speed checks to ensure the correct application of this measure“, specifies the prefecture.
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Other measures were also taken by the prefect, Étienne Guyot. In the agricultural sector,practices burning prescribed burning and any open-air burning of agricultural and forestry residues or by-products are postponed until the end of the pollution episode“. In the residential and tertiary sectors,exemptions for burning green waste in the open air (garden fires) are suspended until the end of the pollution episode“.
It is also recommended to limit travel on roads and their surroundings, especially during peak periods, and to avoid intense physical activity, both outdoors and indoors.
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