The mayor, Jose Lopez, presided this morning the Local Security Board of Cartagena, with the aim of coordinating the various devices of the bodies and security forces, state and local firefighters and civil protection, for use during the holidays Carthaginians and Romans to ensure safety, traffic, fun and rest of citizens and visitors.
As explained by the councilor responsible for Public Safety, Francisco Aznar, the device of the local police will employ 250 extra troops during the holidays;
those who will add six to seven firefighters in prevention efforts and review the measures Fire Camp of the booths as well as three basic life support ambulance Civil Protection.
In particular the staff of the local police are responsible for public safety in the festive outdoor camp;
control, surveillance and traffic control;
managing and monitoring the area for the fair;
the vintage market near the camp;
monitoring of music concerts;
hot spots for large agglomerations (botelleo);
and acts and events that occur in the different and various points of the city.
There will be units on foot, by bike and by car which will be dedicated exclusively to botelleo, avoiding excesses of any kind and do not cause inconvenience to local residents.
Also the presence of minors in these concentrations will be of particular surveillance by agents.
As for the media and technical resources, it will be counted as in previous years with a closed circuit television covering the outside of the camp, its approaches, the fair and the inside of campamento.También own internal alarm system that will be operational communicate directly to each of the booths with the police.
Both circuit television as the alarm will be found in a centralized installed at the entrance of the camp hut, where a fixed agent performs the task of receiving and managing the incidence, giving transmit it to the body concerned.
FICO ART SIDE
The impact that the parties have traffic has been reflected in a side that has given the mayor, and in which a series of measures that affect road traffic and parking in the camp area, on Rambla established Benipila.
So in general, be prohibited circulation and parking of vehicles inside the camp from 18 to 28 September, as in the adjoining esplanade between 17 pm and 7 am.
Those authorized in the service of people with disabilities and emergency vehicles that may be parked only in authorized and marked places, vehicles and taxis, which will have a temporary stop along the Cartagonova Stadium excepted.
Also, from 16 hours a day 18 to 07 hours on 28 September, the traffic will be cut on Avenida del Canton Road Tentengorra sense to Cartagonova Stadium.
Participants and visitors of the holidays can park in the following parking lots approved vehicles:
The located in the old festive camp, behind the current;
the Eroski shopping center parking;
and underground public parking of Plaza de la Alameda and Spain.
During the festive events and parades and be prohibited parking of vehicles in the pedestrian area from the Heroes Square Cavite to Calle del Carmen and other areas where activities take place.
The side has also planned the celebration on Sunday 20 September European Mobility Day in the area of John XXIII and the arrival on Monday, September 21, about ten thousand cruise passengers, which will mean the limitation to nine morning hours loading and unloading around the Old Town and the recommendation not accessible by vehicle Casco areas not to Alfonso XII Pier and Heroes of Cavite.
Nor it may park in the Plaza del Hospital on 24 and 25 September, by holding a concert.
Finally neither you can park around the holidays near the Municipal Stadium Cartagonova;
or on the road adjacent to the festive camp, Canton Avenue and the access bridge to the Municipal Stadium Cartagonova, considering escape routes.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena