Road works nightmare

[lowdrag]

I've mentioned this a while back, but it is now worse. Today we went to the market down below the Cathedral at Le Mans. The amount of works is getting larger, and where before there were two lanes in each direction on most of the roads, now it is one only, the other being transformed into a bus lane. It took us 25 minutes to cover the nine miles to the centre of town, but by the time we came back it took not far short of an hour. Now if Le Mans is like this on a normal working day, imagine just what it will be like with an expected 250,000 more and over 100,000 vehicles. Furthermore, three weeks after the 24 Hours there will be the 24 Hour Classic, mostly with old cars which will seriously overheat. If you are planning to go to the Drivers' Parade or to eat in town, for goodness sake just go to the tram terminus just outside the circuit and go in by tram. They will be running until the early hours of the morning. Believe me, you'll be a lot happier. And for the future, these works are planned to last for two years, so expect no better next year.

[Strasse]

Thanks LowDrag - I will add the "Tales of Joy" to my 2025 Le Mans Guide
Thank you on behalf of all Le Maners - the TRAM it is!!!


Regards

Strasse

[Vette_1978]

Are all these works inside the ring road? After the covid year when it took us about an hour to get out during rush hour I've avoided driving in to town.

[lowdrag]

On the ring road and all over the town inside the ring road. As I've said, the tram is your saviour

[quarryman111]

We use the highly-recommended ‘lowdrag’ route down from Falaise, which pops out just north of the LM ring road at Saint Saturnin.
Is there a recommended way to avoid the ring road altogether that will bring you to Arnage village please?

Edited by quarryman111 on Friday 21st March 14:06

[ellroy]

Yes.

Stay on the A11, then drop of down D326, can’t recall the road we used from there but saved a lot of heartache the last two years we stayed in Arnage.

[Great Dane]

tram always was

[Bobo W]

quarryman111 said:

We use the highly-recommended ‘lowdrag’ route down from Falaise, which pops out just north of the LM ring road at Saint Saturnin.
Is there a recommended way to avoid the ring road altogether that will bring you to Arnage village please?

Edited by quarryman111 on Friday 21st March 14:06

From Falaise cut across towards Belleme and Approach from the east along D323

[lowdrag]

Bobo W said:

quarryman111 said:

We use the highly-recommended ‘lowdrag’ route down from Falaise, which pops out just north of the LM ring road at Saint Saturnin.
Is there a recommended way to avoid the ring road altogether that will bring you to Arnage village please?

Edited by quarryman111 on Friday 21st March 14:06

From Falaise cut across towards Belleme and Approach from the east along D323

If you stlill thinking of using my back roads route St Saturnin is close to the A11 and you can you can come off on just two exits later on the D326 south to Arnage. The Belleme route is less countryfied but probably quicker.