Climate change and France’s road network, Digi Mart USA News: Cracked roads caused by drought, bridges weakened by flooding and rockfalls on mountain routes are placing growing strain on France’s road network. Climate warming is multiplying the risk of accidents, according to the program description.
From Normandy to the Alps, and from Cantal to Ardèche, host Jamy travels to meet the people who keep the country’s roads safe. New measures are being deployed to address the effects of heatwaves and droughts, but the program asks at what cost and whether they are effective.
The program also examines the performance of protective safety netting on mountain roads and asks how France could avoid a disaster like the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa. Jamy is shown attending full-scale tests of protection systems.
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