Ardeche/Ales roadworks at St Ambroix
If anyone is heading to the Ardeche (or up to Aubenas) from the Ales direction (or south via Ales from Aubenas or the Ardeche) there are major roadworks in the centre of Saint Ambroix. There is, strangely, no mention of this on either Bison Fute, or Autoroutes.fr and it wasn't flagged up by our SatNav.
The alternative signposted route (just south of Les Mages) west via St Florent de Auzonnet and over a very winding road into Molieres sur Ceze, seems a very unsuitable route for a caravan or larger vehicle.
The better alternative would be to head towards Barjac further south, in Ales. However, we saw no signs for this whilst actually in Ales but there is noticeably heavier traffic through Vallon so it must be signposted somewhere.
Unfortunately I can't find out how long the work is planned to take but there are reports of traffic disruption going back several months - and at the end of season last year we were held up in Saint Ambroix.