MU-502 road that connects the towns of Totana and Aledo be cut to traffic on January 7 to traffic from 7:30 am, and remain closed to traffic until noon on the occasion of the festival of the patron rise Totana, Santa Eulalia, from the Church of Santiago to the hermitage, where he remained the rest of the year.
The Councillor for Citizen Security, Roque Molina, said security device and the emergency plan provided for the transfer of the image of the Holy develop normally, and which agreements were adopted at the last local board of public safety.
The device, comprising a total of 62 troops, will consist of local police officers (20), Guardia Civil (6), Civil Protection (20), Red Cross volunteers (4), members of the firehouse Alhama -Totana (4), Service members of Nature Protection and Civil Guard Traffic (6) and forest officials (2).
MU-502 road will cut up to the place of the Cross of the Mission and the rotunda of Rulo (connecting with the North Option), on the outskirts of the town of Totana and open to traffic once the image Santa Eulalia reach your sanctuary so that vehicles wishing to enter the sanctuary should do so in the New Road of La Santa, which will be enabled only path.
In addition, the intermediate access road MU-502 will be closed to traffic, so the mayor asked to respect the traffic signals at the level of transfer and other major access routes, and to use only the new road to the Santa, which is accessed by the place of chapel Sopanvino.
The Civil Guard also cut Aledo, Totana road up to the hamlet of El Jumer.
The mayor reported that the buses will go from the sanctuary at 07:45 hours, which point out on this occasion will be the bridge of Santa Rita, so that users can enjoy the festive day.
It also requested the cooperation of users when making fires in the forest to prevent fires and called for the care of the environment of the sanctuary and adjoining areas to the shrine.
The public parking will be enabled existing tourism usually in the sanctuary, and when they are completed, will address others in the area of Sopanvino and near the tip of Aledo, and may be in the traditional campfire barbeque areas of sites The Angel, The Gryphon, and the back of the sanctuary.
The mayor added that a cleaning device will work in the afternoon to put the environment properly, and that will increase the number of containers placed in the area.
Finally, the mayor reported that define prohibited camping area, as in previous years, with tapes, and announced that enabled two ambulances, the municipal Emergency Service, which will have a nurse and a doctor, and Red Cross.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: archivo Murcia.com