Airparif announces a particulate pollution episode this Friday, January 19, 2024: the air in Paris and the Île-de-France region is very degraded. This has prompted the Préfecture de Police to issue traffic recommendations. We tell you all about it.
Airparif, the association responsible for monitoring air quality in the Île-de-France region, is announcing an episode of particulate pollution (PM10) for this Friday, January 19, 2024. Airparif expects the information and recommendation threshold of 50 mg/m° to be exceeded. The meteorological conditions forecast by Météo-France are not conducive to effective pollutant dispersion.
In response, Laurent Nunez, Prefect of the Paris Police and Prefect of the Paris Defense and Security Zone, has decided to set up an information and recommendation system to reduce pollutant emissions into the atmosphere.
In a press release, Laurent Nuñez, Prefect of Paris, recommends applying the following instructions throughout the day of January 18, in addition to any more restrictive measures that may be decided in the context of the snow and ice storm:
Concerning road traffic :
- If possible, postpone road travel within the Paris region.
- Use the least polluting vehicles.
- Give priority to carpooling, public transport networks and active modes of transport (walking, cycling, etc.).
- Reduce vehicle speeds throughout the Île-de-France region:
- to 110 km/h on freeway sections normally limited to 130 km/h;
- to 90 km/h on sections of freeways and expressways normally limited to
110 km/h;
- at 70 km/h on sections of freeways and expressways normally limited to 90 km/h, and on national and departmental roads limited to 80 km/h or 90 km/h.
- Transit HGVs with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes must bypass the conurbation via the Ile-de-France ring road.
- Make use of the facilities set up within professional establishments for commuting (mobility plan, telecommuting, adaptation of working hours, etc.).
- Control temperatures in buildings by limiting the use of heating.
- Avoid the use of wood for individual or supplementary heating, which is a major contributor to PM10 emissions.
- Reduce the operation of fixed installations whose emissions contribute to the pollution episode.
Additional recommendations:
- Suspend any exemptions to the ban on open burning of green waste (including agricultural waste).
- Postpone mineral or organic fertilizer spreading and, if postponement is not possible, give preference to spreading methods that emit little ammonia.
- Use rapid effluent burial.
- Postpone work on dry soil.
