Beginning 15 July 2009 (in two weeks), all parts of the A8 autoroute in the Alpes-Maritimes will be limited to 110 kph (68 mph), down from the Nation-wide limit of 130 kph (81 mph). The western edge of the Alpes-Maritimes is about 7.5 km west of the Cannes-Mandelieu autoroute junction, exit 40.
There are 72 kilometres of A8 autoroute passing through the Alpes-Maritimes, from the Var department to Italy. Currently, the only 130-kph sections are from the Var to the Antibes tollbooth (20 km), and from the Var river near the Nice airport to the tollbooth at Nice Saint-Isidore (4.3 km). So, only about 25 km are affected.
The section from the Antibes tollbooth to the Nice airport has been limited to 110 kph for a year or two (although the final 5 km westbound section is at 130 kph). From the Nice Saint-Isidore tollbooth, around past the north of Nice, Monaco and Menton to Italy is mostly 110 or 90 kph, sometimes slower, depending on traffic (speed-limit signs are electronically controlled by Big Brother).
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