Monaco E-Prix: Event to affect traffic and parking this weekend

With the 2024 Monaco E-Prix just days away, here is all the information you need to know regarding detours, diversions and changes to parking and pedestrian access in the Principality.  

From 5am on the day of the race, which will take place on Saturday 27th April, traffic and pedestrian access will be prohibited on the following roads: Quai des États-Unis, Route de la Piscine, the Jules Soccal jetty, Darse Sud, Boulevard Albert Ier, Place du Casino, the section of Avenue des Citronniers leading up to the Métropole carpark, Avenue Princesse Grace from Avenue des Spélugues to Boulevard Louis II, Avenue J. F. Kennedy, Boulevard Louis II, Avenue de la Madone from Avenue des Spélugues to Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, Avenue de Monte-Carlo, Avenue d’Ostende, Avenue des Spélugues, Quai Albert Ier, Quai Antoine Ier, Avenue de la Costa between N°3 and Avenue d’Ostende, Rue Grimaldi between Place Sainte-Dévote and Rue Princesse Florestine, Avenue de la Quarantaine, the Rocher Albert Ier tunnel and the Rocher Noghès tunnel.  

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Pedestrians will also be unable to access the Boulevard du Larvotto between the intersections with Avenue de Grande-Bretagne and Rue Louis Aureglia, as well as the Costa and Sainte-Dévote stairways. Only those with tickets to the Monaco E-Prix, Automobile Club de Monaco passes or a special exemption as a local resident or worker will be allowed to pass through these points.  

Also from 5am on the Saturday, a one-way system for vehicles will be put in place on: Rue Princesse Florestine between Rue Suffren Reymond and Rue Grimaldi; Rue Suffren Reymond, between Rue Louis Notari and Rue Princesse Florestine; and Avenue du Port from the Place d’Armes roundabout to the intersection with Avenue de la Quarantaine.  

To help relieve congestion on the Rue Grimaldi, two-way traffic will be permitted between the intersections with Rue Suffren Reymond and Place d’Armes.  

These diversions will come to an end once the racing is over. 

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However, the section of road between Avenue des Papalins and Avenue Albert II, as well as between N°13 and N°39 on Avenue des Papalins, will be fully closed to the public from 7am on Saturday 27th until midnight on Sunday 28th April.  

Street parking 

Parking will not be possible between 7am on Friday 26th and 9pm on Saturday 27th April on the following roads: Avenue de Grande-Bretagne between Avenue de la Madone and the Winston Churchill square, Rue Louis Notari and Ruelle Saint-Jean. 

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Further limitations will be put in place from 11pm on the Friday until 9pm on the Saturday on Avenue Henri Dunant and Rue du Rocher, and until the racing is concluded on: Boulevard Albert Ier, Rue Baron Sainte-Suzanne, Boulevard Charles III, Rue Princesse Florestine, Allée Guillaume Apollinaire, Avenue du Port from Place d’Armes to Rue Saige, Rue Suffren Reymond and Rue Princesse Antoinette. 

The following roads will be completely off limits to parking from 6am on Friday 26th until midnight on Sunday 28th April: the section of Avenue de la Costa in front of N°27, the Porte Rouge passage, Avenue de Roqueville and Boulevard de Suisse from Avenue de la Costa to Avenue de Roqueville. 

Electric charging stations 

A number of Monaco ON electric vehicle charging stations will be deactivated between the Friday and the end of racing the following day. These include the following charging points: Rue Grimaldi, Rue Louis Notari, Quai des États-Unis, Avenue de la Quarantaine and Avenue des Ligures. 

Bus routes 

Both Compagnie Autobus de Monaco (CAM) and France’s regional Zou ! bus lines will be affected by the racing. For a complete breakdown of the stops that will and won’t be possible during the Monaco E-Prix, click here. 

Free shuttle services 

As reported by Monaco Life last week, a free shuttle service will be on offer to those who choose to leave their vehicle at the newly opened Parking des Salines in the Jardin Exotique neighbourhood.  

To read more about this travel option, see below:

Special rates offered at new Salines carpark during E-Prix, Historique GP and F1 weekends

 

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