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It is coordinated by the councils of Promotion, Traffic and Citizen Security, and Employment, Tourism and Culture, and with it is intended to guarantee security and transportation for the 800,000 people who will accompany the Virgen de la Fuensanta on their return to the sanctuary, in addition of the immediate cleaning of the environment

The massive presence of citizens participating in the Pilgrimage of Fuensanta obliges the City Council to design a special device in charge of the councils of Development, Traffic and Citizen Security, and Employment, Tourism and Culture, whose details have informed this morning those responsible , Roque Ortiz, Lola Sánchez and Jesús Pacheco.

The Pilgrimage of September is one of the events that brings together more people than every year, reaching an approximate figure of 800,000 people, for which the City Council puts in place a special team designed to provide security to the attendees, accessible transportation and an immediate service for the collection of waste and cleaning of the whole environment.

In total, there will be more than 400 workers of the City Council and its concession companies responsible for work related to this event.

In this way, the Department of Traffic and Citizen Security, directed by Lola Sánchez, has prepared a security plan that includes from the procession escort to the Virgen de la Fuensanta, traffic control and surveillance in the city, and control of traffic and surveillance in the Sanctuary area and access.

This will require the mobilization of 208 police officers, 26 police officers, 32 motorcycles and 3 cranes.

In addition, a Mobile Office of Citizen Assistance for the Local Police will be installed, along with the Fuensanta Sanctuary.

For its part, the Fire Service will have 34 troops placing a unit between the Sanctuary and the Teatinos, in front of the old Seminary, another in the esplanade of the Sanctuary and a third in the Cresta del Gallo.

Bracelets for children

Civil Protection will have 56 volunteers and will install two field hospitals, one at the junction called La Labrador, specifically at Finca de la Cierva with a basic life support ambulance, and another at the Teatinos crossing.

During the tour there will be mobile health assistance points with an SVB ambulance of the Red Cross at the crossing of the route with Ronda Sur, crossing the route with Reguerón lane and crossing the route with Costera Sur.

There will be a fixed health care point (with a field hospital, ambulance SVA and a psychosocial care tent), from 9:30 am to 7:00 pm in the labrador crossing (La Fuensanta street with alley of the vulture , opposite the convent of Discalced Carmelites).

Also in the esplanade of La Fuensanta (parking area) will be located a health post of Red Cross composed of 2 field hospitals, a command post and transmissions of Civil Protection and a tent of assistance to Romeros with 3 volunteers.

In the Explanada of the magazine (road of the Fuensanta to 200 m direction to cross crest of the rooster) will be placed a position of Civil Protection with a field hospital, an ambulance SVA, a vehicle of rapid sanitary intervention, a carp of Psychosocial Attention and a tent of the Intervention and Rescue Group composed of 8 volunteers.

During the tour, volunteer couples will be arranged in Floridablanca garden, Cruce Sur Sur, Cruce del reguerón, south coast crossing, and along the route will support the association ASEMUR with 6 volunteers with backpacks kit.

In the esplanade of the Fuensanta will be asked a tent to distribute bracelets for the children in which to indicate its name and telephone number to facilitate its location in case of loss of the minor.

Special public transport service

As for the public transport, it will also adapt to the needs, modifying routes and habitual schedules of buses.

Thus, the stop will be located in Alameda de Colón, in the city, and in Calle Pintor Antonio Roca Martínez, in Algezares, from where they will return once the Virgin has begun the ascent to the Sanctuary.

Latbus has established a special service Romería from different districts and towns to Murcia that will be continuous until 8 hours depending on the demand of travelers, The rest of day will be made the schedule of holidays.

There will be continuous service between Murcia (garden of Floridablanca) and Algezares from 7 hours.

After the arrival of the Virgin there will also be continuous service from Algezares to Murcia (Floridablanca garden), La Alberca, El Palmar, San Ginés, Era Alta, Alcantarilla, Sangonera la Verde, Los Garres, San Jose de la Vega, Beniaján, El Secano, El Bojar, Torreagüera, Los Ramos, Zeneta and El Mojón.

Changes in circulation

The cuts or restrictions of traffic during this night and tomorrow will be numerous, especially in the Highway of Algezares, as well as the districts of Los Garres, Santo Ángel and La Alberca.

In this way, access to the Sanctuary from Algezares and from the intersection of Los Teatinos Urbanization will be totally cut off from this afternoon / evening, while the road linking this hamlet with Santo Ángel to El Charco will be banned the circulation from 7 hours and, in reverse, from an hour later.

The normality will not recover until the influx of the public allows it, something that does not usually happen until the afternoon.

On the other hand, the climb to El Valle from La Alberca will be cut at 7 o'clock, and the MU-302, from Los Garres to Algezares, starting at 8 o'clock.

The Local Police will inform punctually of the incidences in the traffic from its Twitter account @murciapolicia

Among councils regularly offered by the Police Corps for these large events, Councilwoman Lola Sanchez today reminded the recommendations for pedestrians (crossing always by the zebra crossing, when crossing a street do it in a straight line and not diagonally, be sure to cross from that drivers are aware of their presence, if they are a driver getting off the vehicle, for a breakdown or accident, should wear reflective vests, etc.), in case of accident (keep calm, remove contact keys; In case of injuries, try not to move them and open them, waiting for the arrival of the health services, etc.), as well as the recommendation to use public transport, as the Parking for private vehicles is very limited.

12 selective collection points, 50 portable toilets and 3,000 portavelas

It will require 119 people and 41 vehicles to deploy the special cleaning plan that will be maintained for four days, starting from today, when there are already 12 people with machinery working in the vicinity of the sanctuary.

In addition, tonight will advance the time of garbage collection in that area so that the containers located along the route are empty first thing in the morning and at 6 o'clock tomorrow will be a review of the itinerary contemplating the container points and litter bins.

Twelve selective collection points and 50 portable toilets will be placed along the route.

After completing the Mass in Plaza Belluga, specialist peons with a scrubber and a hydro-cleaning equipment will clean the remains of wax.

Likewise, 3,000 candles will be distributed among the rosemary collectors, to place in the candles and avoid the spillage of the wax on the pavement.

Behind the retinue there will be a special team consisting of 4 foremen, 14 drivers 4 specialist peons, 16 cleaning laborers, 2 truck cuba, 2 multilift truck with box, 10 road sweepers and 4 sidewalk sweepers.

During the two days after the Pilgrimage the cleaning work will be carried out in the Sanctuary of the Fuensanta with 3 foremen, 8 drivers, forty-three pawns, 2 pickup trucks, 1 truck cuba, three road sweepers and two trucks multilift .

In order to give continuity to the citizen awareness campaigns carried out by the City Council, at the beginning of the climb to the mountain a caravan will be placed, where a team will distribute 10,000 backpacks from the campaign 'There are still a few, but they are very noticeable;

NSM 'that will remind the pilgrims of the need to keep their city clean.

Likewise, another similar caravan will be available in the Sanctuary of Fuensanta where a team of service workers will also request citizen collaboration to keep the neighborhoods and districts clean.

For its part, the Department of Commerce, Organization and Institutional Relations has granted 77 authorizations of street vending from the street Pío XII to the road to the Sanctuary.

Its installation will be in any case in those places that do not hinder the free transit of people and vehicles of urgency, that is to say outside the road and places of passage, and always under the supervision and indications of the Local Police.

In any case, the installation of posts that lack the appropriate sales license will not be authorized.

What's New in Romería '17

It is necessary to remember that the day of the Pilgrimage of tomorrow will have different news.

On the one hand, the historic meeting, around 8:15 am, between La Fuensanta and the Virgen de los Peligros, which will process together for the first time from the Old Bridge to the Church of Carmen.

In addition, an autogyro flight will take place on the Sanctuary of the Fuensanta coinciding with the arrival of the Patroness, thus recalling the flight that 87 years ago carried out Juan de la Cierva, with his personal gyro model G-Acio.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia