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| Local Police and Civil Protection officers watch as of Monday, so that social distancing measures are respected | The start of Phase 2 of de-escalation has led to the normal opening of the beaches of the municipal area of ??Cartagena to bathing, where the members of the Local Police and Civil Protection watch from this Monday, May 25, so that the social distancing measures.The access and use of the beaches has been adapted to the conditions established by the health authorities and access control measures have been implemented both in Cala Cortina and El Portús, as they are the closest beaches to the city and that, due to their reduced dimensions, they are more susceptible to agglomerations.In addition, the Cartagena City Council has designed a security device, in which the State Security Forces are also collaborating, since it is necessary to cover the more than 40 kilometers of beaches that the municipality has.

Thus, while the Local Police and Civil Guard officers are on the beach, Civil Protection volunteers tour the different coastal towns with vehicles equipped with a public address system to inform citizens of the rules they must comply with when making use from the beaches.The mayor Ana Belén Castejón has thanked the commendable work of the areas of Citizen Security and Littoral, as well as all the troops who have ensured that this first day of bathing passes as normally as possible.

"Planning and prevention right now is paramount.

It is a very complicated task because we are talking about more than 40 kilometers of beaches, but I myself have been able to see how, for example, in Cala Cortina, the people of Cartagena are responding very well and respecting the distance, "said the first mayor.Information panelsIn this sense, the City Council is working to shortly install a series of information panels on all the beaches of the municipality, in which citizens are reminded that a third of the capacity cannot be exceeded in each bathing area, as well as the importance of maintaining the distancing measures decreed by the health authorities.Mobile applicationIn addition, the City Council is finalizing the design of a new mobile application on the state of the beaches.

"We are also designing an app so that all citizens are informed, in real time, of the state in which each of the beaches are, if the capacity has been completed, if there is a red flag, etc., so that they can plan his departure, ”said Castejón.The mayor concluded by explaining that "the City Council is going to put all the tools it has to guarantee the safety of citizens, but always appealing to the common sense of each one."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena