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Adjustments are underway currently on the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Itinerary, in advance of the test convoys planned for September (dimensions) and October (logistics and organization) 2013.

 

Since mid-April, work has been carried out under the direction of the French administration and the Bouches-du-Rhône department Council  (Conseil général) to flatten roundabouts and adapt the dividers between roads to the requirements of the future ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ loads.

 

Combined with the use of new, more advanced transport platform, the on-going works will contribute to bring down to two or three nights the duration of the journey—as compared to the five nights that were originally anticipated.

 

The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ is 104 kilometres of specially adapted road for the passage of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ convoys from their landing point on the Mediterranean to the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance. The heaviest of these loads (transport vehicle included) will weigh nearly 900 tonnes. Other load characteristics are impressive as well: the longest load will measure over 40 metres; the widest, 9 metres, and the highest, 11 metres.