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As is customary, on the occasion of the Feast of All Saints, the local police has prepared a special operation and safety regulation to avoid traffic jams and crowds at this time in which thirteen people visit cemeteries in the municipality (Santa Lucia, San Antón, Perin, Tallante, alum, Aljorra, Quarries, Pozo Estrecho, La Palma, Los Belones, two in El Algar and San Ginés).
From Thursday 29 October, Local Police, in collaboration with other municipal services inspected the entrances to the cemeteries, on issues of signage, parking and cleaning to provide quality service to citizens.
Thursday and Friday, considered the weakest day, monitoring the cemeteries will become more sporadic, while Saturday and Sunday, when the inflow is higher, the services will be permanent since the early hours, counting day 1 with a total of 32 officers for this operation.
The city of Cartagena and the local police, recommended that access to the various cemeteries is carried out in stages, from Thursday to Sunday to avoid traffic problems and road safety, especially in the two most visited cemeteries as are the Santa Lucia and St. Anton.
BUS SERVICES
The urban transport operating company, Alsa, has also strengthened its services for the weekend, namely the Line 5, which is joining the cemeteries of St. Lucia and St. Anton, so that on 31 October and 1 November from 7.00 until 15.30 this line buses will run every 15 minutes, ie working hours.
Since that time, the frequency will be 30 minutes in a normal holiday.
At the moment there are no plans to strengthen any other line but Alsa, in response to demand as they emerge, it will at any time during the holidays.
FLOWER STANDS
As is traditional at this time, the City Council has authorized the installation of a flower market in the Paseo Alfonso XIII, which opens on Thursday, October 29 and will remain there until Sunday, November 1, inclusive.
There are 17 authorized positions, plus another in the village of La Palma and another in El Algar.
In this way, Infrastructure is responsible for the delimitation of the space stations and monitors the local police that they comply.
VISIT OF THE CORPORATION
On Sunday, November 1, the feast of All Saints, the Municipal Corporation made the traditional visit to the cemeteries of Our Lady of Remedios, Santa Lucia, and San Antonio Abad in the district of San Antón.
The program of activities will begin at 11 am at the cemetery of Santa Lucia, where the municipal delegation, headed by Councilman Decentralization and Health, Nicolás Ángel Bernal, will be received by representatives of the Board who manages the cemetery, then held a Mass inside the church cemetery.
After the Mass, pray a prayer for and deposited a wreath at the Cross of the central plaza in remembrance and honor of the deceased Cartagena.
Then the procession moves to the mausoleum of Isaac Peral, which also deposited a wreath.
The program will continue to visit the cemetery on 12.30 pm in St. Anthony Cemetery where the council will be received at the brink of one of the representatives of the Board, then going to the chapel, which will host the traditional Offering a bouquet of flowers.
SCHEDULE OF CEMETERIES
Both the cemetery of St. Lucia as San Antón extended, as in other years, the time of their offices to meet and to all those citizens who use their visit to the cemetery on this day to meet or catch up on paperwork in the payment of fees.
Thus, throughout the entire weekend, Saturday and Sunday, will open morning and evening, resting just long enough to eat.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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