The safety of the pilgrimage down Santa Eulalia of Mérida, Patroness of Totana, will comprise more than 40 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 13:00.
The procession with the image of La Santa de Totana begin at 9 am, scheduled time from their sanctuary, and will end at 12:00 pm in the Patron reach the hamlet of El Rulo, just outside the village, where the wait civil, religious and people in general authorities.
The Councillor for Public Safety, Francisco Hernández, informed 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 40 personnel, will be made by officers of the Local Police, Civil Guard, Civil Protection, effective firehouse Alhama-Totana, members of the Nature Protection Service and Traffic Civil Guard and forest officials.
The MU-502 road will be closed to traffic at the site of the Cross Mission and Rulo Roundabout (which communicates with the Northern Bypass), 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 13:00 hours, after the official reception at El Rulo.
Thus, vehicles wishing to enter the sanctuary shall do from this time on the road from La Huerta, which is enabled only as a gateway.
In addition, intermediate access to the MU-502 road will be cut off to traffic, so the mayor requested that the traffic signals at the height of transfer and other major roads are respected;
and only use the road from La Huerta, for which there is access to the chapel through the landscape of Sopanvino.
The Civil Guard also cut the Aledo, Totana road at the site of the Angel;
while the emergency coordination center will be established in the Los Eucalyptus, which will also be the Emergency and Health Services Municipal.
The mayor reported that likewise a public transport service will be enabled to climb to the sanctuary from 5:30 am, the starting point this time will be the avenue Rambla La Santa (corner Banco Santander) to 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.
