The safety device of the pilgrimage down to Santa Eulalia de Mérida, Patroness of Totana, will comprise more than 50 personnel to ensure the safety of the pilgrims and the RM-502 highway that connects the towns of Totana and Aledo will be cut to traffic at 8:30 am and will remain closed to traffic for more than four hours.
The procession with the image of La Santa de Totana begin at 9 pm scheduled time from his sanctuary, and end at 12:00 hours, when the patron reaches the hamlet of El Rulo, on the outskirts of town, where the wait for the civil authorities, religious and people in general.
Councilman Safety, Francisco Hernandez, said device security and emergency plans for the transfer of the image of La Santa to develop normally, and which agreements were adopted at the last local board of public safety.
The device, consisting of more than 30 personnel, will consist of local police officers (30), Police (6), Civil Protection (10), members of the firehouse Alhama-Totana (3), members of the Service Nature Protection and Civil Guard Traffic and forest officials (2).
The MU-502 road closed to traffic is up to the place of the Cross of the Mission and the rotunda of the loop (which connects with the Northern Bypass), just outside the town of Totana at 8.30 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.
In this way, vehicles wishing to enter the sanctuary should do from this hour by road from La Huerta, which is enabled only as a path.
In addition, access to intermediate MU-502 road traffic will be cut, so the mayor asked to respect the traffic signals at the level of transfer and other major access routes, and to use only the road from La Huerta , which is accessed through the site chapel of Sopanvino.
The Guardia Civil also cut the road Totana Aledo-up to the hamlet of El Jumer, while the emergency coordination center will be established in the area of ​​eucalyptus, which also will be the Emergency Services and Health Council.
The mayor reported that also will enable a public transport service up to the sanctuary from 5:30 am, whose starting point this time will be the gate of St. James Church in order that users to enjoy the festive day.
The different services of buses with pilgrims who come up to the sanctuary will Totana escorted by local police to avoid security problems with people or pilgrims walk up overnight.
It also requested the collaboration of users when making fires in the bush at dawn in order to prevent fires and asked for the care and cleanliness of the environment of the sanctuary and the chapel adjoining areas.
The Patron will remain in the city Totana coinciding with the festivities and Christmas, and return again on pilgrimage to her shrine on 7 January.
