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The safety of the pilgrimage down to Santa Eulalia of Merida, Patroness of Totana, will consist of more than 50 personnel to ensure the safety of the pilgrims and the RM-502 road that connects the towns of Totana and Aledo be cut to traffic at 5:00 pm and will be closed to traffic until 12:30 hours.
The procession with the image of La Santa de Totana begin at 9 pm scheduled time from their sanctuary, and will end at 12:00 pm in the patron reaches the hamlet of El Rulo, just outside the village, where the wait civil authorities, religious and people in general.
Councilman Safety, Francisco Hernandez, said of the safety and emergency plan provided for the transfer of the image of the saint to develop normally, and which agreements were adopted at the last local board of public safety.
The device, consisting of more than 50 personnel, will consist of Local Police, Guardia Civil, Civil Protection, members of the firehouse-Totana Alhama, Service members Protection of Nature and Civil Guard Traffic and forest officials.
The MU-502 road is closed to traffic at the height of the place de la Cruz Mission and Rulo Roundabout (which communicates with the North Ring Road), just outside the town of Totana at 5:00 pm and will open to traffic once the image of Santa Eulalia reach the hermitage of San Roque, just after 12.30 hours, after the official reception at El Rulo.
Thus, vehicles wishing to enter the sanctuary should do from this time on the Carretera de La Huerta, which is enabled only as a gateway.
In addition, access to the road intermediate MU-502 traffic will be cut, so the mayor requested to respect traffic signals at the level of transfer and other major access roads, and to use only the road to La Huerta , which leads to the chapel through the landscape of Sopanvino.
The Guardia Civil also cut the road Totana Aledo-up to the hamlet of El Jumero, while the emergency coordination center will be established in the area of ​​eucalyptus, which is also the Health Service Emergency and Municipal.
The mayor reported that also will enable a public transport service for up to the sanctuary from 5:00 am, which point out on this occasion will be the gate of St. James Church in order that users can enjoy the festive day.
Also, buses will rise again, for people who have left the car in the sanctuary, from 13:30 hours from the Cross Mission.
Also sought from users when making fires in the forest at dawn in order to prevent fires and called the care and cleaning of the environment of the sanctuary and the chapel adjoining areas.
The Patron of Totana remain in the city to coincide with the festivities and Christmas, and will return again in pilgrimage to her shrine on 7 January.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: archivo Totana.com
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