the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais on alert, the speed of traffic limited
In the North, Pas-de-Calais and Somme, ozone pollution persists. As a result, motorists will have to speed up on the roads of the departments concerned.
Ozone pollution persists in the North, Pas-de-Calais and Somme. This is indicated by the bulletin of the approved air quality monitoring association, ATMO Hauts-de-France.
“Consequently, the persistence alert level (exceeding the threshold of 180 / g / µ m³ for two days and more) is authorized in the departments of Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Somme”, indicates the prefecture. of the region this Friday.
90 instead of 110 km/h
Thus, from this Friday, and until Saturday, 11:59 p.m., speeds are temporarily limited. It increases to 110 km/h on sections of motorway limited to 130 and to 90 km/h on roads limited to 110. Finally, the maximum authorized speed for heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes is lowered to 80 kph.
Georges-François Leclerc, prefect of the northern defense and security zone, also calls on the industrial sector to “limit the emissions of ozone precursors as much as possible”.
To do this, it recommends the use of reinforced depollution systems as well as the report of certain operations (maintenance work, degassing of an installation, loading of products, among others).