Ozone pollution: alternate traffic on Monday in Marseille
This measure remains in effect “as long as the ozone pollution thresholds remain at the level that motivated the triggering of the level 2 alert”or 180 micrograms of ozone per m3, she specified.
Activated since Saturday in the Bouches-du-Rhône, this level of alert, triggered when the regulatory threshold has been exceeded for several days in a row, involves a “reinforced vigilance for all public”.
“Conditions of weak winds, strong sunlight and high temperatures are conducive to the formation of ozone by photochemistry from pollutants of human origin”specified in a press release the air quality monitoring body AtmoSud, Dréal Paca and ARS Paca.
Crit’Air from 0 to 3 for circular
Under differentiated traffic, only light vehicles with a Crit’Air sticker from 0 to 3 could be circular in downtown Marseille on Monday.
For trucks, it will be necessary to remove a Crit’Air sticker from 0 to 2 only to be authorized to circulate.
“Anyone violating the ban on the circulation of vehicles without a sticker is liable to a fine of 68 to 135 euros for light vehicles”reminds the prefecture, which emphasizes however that for the day of Monday, “the emphasis will be on pedagogy”.
“On the other hand, the following days, the measures of the decree will be intended to apply applied”, she continues. The traffic speed must also be lowered by 20 km / h on all roads in the department, without falling below 70 km / h.