The safety of the pilgrimage down Santa Eulalia de Mérida, Patroness of Totana, will comprise more than 50 personnel to ensure the safety of pilgrims and RM-502 road between the towns of Totana and Aledo will 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 am, from her sanctuary scheduled time and end at 12:00 pm in the patron reaches the hamlet of El Rulo, just outside the village, where the wait for the civil, religious and village authorities generally.
The Councillor for Public Safety, Francisco Hernández, said of the safety and emergency plan provided for the transfer of the image of the Holy develops normally, and whose resolutions were adopted at the last local board of public safety.
The device consists of more than 50 personnel, will be formed by members of the local police, Police, Civil Protection, effective Firehouse Alhama, Totana, Servicemembers Protection of Nature and Traffic Civil Guard and forest officials.
The MU-502 road will be closed to traffic at the site of the Cross and the Mission the rotunda of Rulo (which communicates with the North Beltway), 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 pm, after the official reception in Rulo.
Thus, vehicles wishing to enter the sanctuary must do so from this time on the road from La Huerta, which will be enabled only as a gateway.
In addition, intermediate access to the MU-502 road will be cut to traffic, so the mayor requested that signs up to the transfer and other important paths are observed, and only the road to La Huerta is used amending the hermitage is accessed through the site of Sopanvino.
The Civil Guard also cut the Aledo, Totana road at the hamlet of El Jumero, while the emergency coordination center will be established in the Los Eucalyptus, which also will the Emergency and Health Services Municipal.
The mayor reported that also the public transport service is enabled to climb the sanctuary from 5:00 pm, whose point of departure on this occasion will be the door of the church of St. James in order for users they can enjoy the festive day.
Bus numbers will rise again, for people who have left the car in the sanctuary from 13:30 hours from the Cross Mission.
