France's Isère Département to Raise Speed Limit on 3,076km of Roads to 90km/h from 2027

Why was it cut to a uniform 80km/h in the first place? Curious about the backstory.

If you're planning a European tour that includes France, this speed limit change from 2027 onward is worth checking.

Traffic on French rural roads already tends to move fast, so from residents' perspective the 80km/h limit itself probably felt unrealistic.

The cut to 80km/h was supposed to reduce accidents, so raising it back to 90km/h is bound to spark safety debates.

Raising 3,076km of road back to 90km/h is a huge scale — a rollback across an entire departmental road network like this is pretty unusual.