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The Department of Safety has developed the General Plan Traffic Safety for the holidays with which it is intended to control traffic in malls of the city and ensure safety in the various parades and events planned, among them that of Santa Claus, the Christmas Fantasy, the San Silvestre Murcia and the Three Kings.
From Saturday special attention to business areas, where there will be large numbers of citizens, and in areas of traditional trade will be provided.
To ensure the safety of Murcia, the local police will be in permanent contact with traders.
The plan will strengthen the service with uniformed patrols in the commercial area of ​​the city center and El Carmen, with special emphasis on controlling unauthorized hawking and preventing violations of municipal regulations and other antisocial behaviors.
Preferred areas that will tour are Plaza de Santo Domingo, Alfonso X the Wise and nearby Plaza del Romea, Silverware, Tatters and nearby Gran Vía (Fuensanta Square and environs) and Barrio del Carmen.
The agent schedules coincide with those of commercial activity, encompassing every day, weekdays and weekends, from December 9 until January 10 in the morning, 10 to 15 hours and in the afternoon from 16:30 to 22 hours
Special mention is made of the night of December 31 to January 1 (New Year), where the service will be enhanced in the Plaza de Santo Domingo, both from the point of view of traffic in the vicinity and public safety .
It was also be present in the vicinity of the church of El Carmen occasion of the bells and lucky grapes that are already traditional in that place.
Take into account especially places where events scheduled in the Christmas and Magi, as Romea Square, Plaza Santo Domingo Plaza Belluga develop ...
Also during this time the program "POLICE CLOSE + VISIBLE" launched a few months ago will be maintained.
This service will be performed using the following criteria:
- The assigned agents will use reflective garment, so they are easily recognizable by pedestrians.
- The service will be on foot patrol consisting of two agents.
- Will be contacted users each of the areas (traders, bystanders, ...)
- This service is provided in areas and on the highest concentration of citizens in public places.
To do this there will be a total of 18 police officers who carry out the following activities in the afternoon and evening hours:
- OAC (Office of Citizen)
The Mobile Office will remain in the Plaza de Santo Domingo and Gran Via Alfonso X El Sabio from 17:30 to 23:30 pm from Sunday to Wednesday and from 17:00 to 1:00 pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
- Preventive Patrol
Patrols through the streets and square located in the downtown area between the Circular, Square of Spain, c / Saavedra Fajardo and Plaza Mayor, approximately square.
The schedule will be tailored to the circumstances of each day, going from 17:00 to 02:30 hours.
Similarly, the service launched last October, called SAFE Hangouts, will be increased since, during student holidays, youth hangouts are numerous.
Remember that the goal to achieve is that teenagers can meet in public areas with security and tranquility.
Different squares and gardens located in the town and in villages, used for that purpose, will be patrolled from the 5th of December and until the eve of the Feast of Three Kings by four policemen, between 17:30 and 00: 30 hours, according to a program established according to the experience of the last weekends;
However, you can modify the schedule and areas depending on the perceived needs and demands received.
Besides safety, another objective of this plan is to ensure urban mobility during the days of heaviest traffic.
Local police pay particular attention to:
- Avoid double rows of vehicles.
- Ensure that disabled zones are respected.
- Avoid stops and parking areas Bus and taxi.
- Control of parking in loading and unloading areas.
- Ensure that the sidewalks and pedestrian areas are respected.
This General Plan Safety and Traffic development of commercial activities in Christmas and Reyes 2014-2015 will feature 130 traffic officers and 50 of the Panel of Public Safety.
Of the 130 players who will care trafficking, 60 of Polyvalent Groups and bikers will be responsible for the dynamics of the pathways of preferred care and circulation at fixed points of particular interest to maintain the flow in the same road safety, while 70 agents take care of traffic on the same tasks as motorists, but this time, in non-preferential pathways in their respective areas.
Within this device must mention the primary focus and collaboration to be provided to certain acts with impact on traffic, such as:
- III Carrera Christmas City Murcia: on December 21, at 11:00 am, with the following schedule: Paseo Lieutenant Flomesta, New Bridge Plaza Volunteers, Avenida Infante Don Juan Manuel, Avda Mayor Jorge Palacios,.. Paseo de Garay, Plaza de la Red Cross, Lieutenant Flomesta Paseo Bridge Miguel Caballero, Avda. Río Segura, Square volunteers and from here the 1st round is repeated.
- Grand Parade of Santa Claus: on December 24, at 12:00 pm, with the following schedule: Square Apostles, C / Isidoro de la Cierva, C / Alejandro Séiquer, Plaza de Santo Domingo, Gran Via Alfonso X El Sabio (in both directions, with turn confluence with Avda. Gutiérrez Mellado) and C / Santa Clara.
- Christmas Fantasy Parade of: 25 and December 26, from 18:00, with the following route: Square of the Apostles, Plaza de Belluga, C / Salzillo Plaza Hernández Amores, C / Tatters, Square Santo Domingo, Gran Vía Alfonso X el Sabio (in both directions, with turn confluence with Avda. Gutiérrez
Mellado) and ending in C / Santa Clara, so please refrain private traffic driving on these roads during the hours of parades.
- Race "San Silvestre - Murcia": on December 31, at 16:30 pm, with the following schedule: Gran Via Sculptor Salzillo Plaza Martínez Tornel, Puente Viejo, Avda Canalejas, C / Hernández del Águila, Avda. . Río Segura, Avda. Infante D. Juan Manuel bridge Fica rotation 180, Av. Infante D. Juan Manuel right turn, left turn Bridge Hospital, Paseo de Garay into oncoming traffic, Plaza de la Cruz Roja 180 °, Paseo de Garay in the opposite direction traffic turning left, Ronda Garay, C / Obispo Frutos, Avda. Rector José Loustau left turn, C / Greco left turn, C / New Gate, C / Santo Cristo right turn, C / de La Merced turn left, C / Alejandro Séiquer, C / Isidore of right turn Cierva, C / Apostles Apostles Square, Plaza Cardenal Belluga, C / San Patricio left turn with meta Gran Via Sculptor Salzillo.
- Kings Parade: on January 5, 2015, at 18:30, with the following schedule: Paseo Marqués de Corvera, Plaza González Conde, Alameda de Colón, Avda de Canalejas, Old Bridge Plaza Martínez Tornel. , Gran Via Sculptor Salzillo, Avda. de la Constitución, Plaza Circular (outside), Gran Vía Alfonso X El Sabio (sidewalk Jesús María) arrival at Avda. Gutiérrez Mellado.
Special mention deserves the visit of the Magi to various centers and agencies of the city on the morning of January 5, which ends at City Hall.
Despite the interest and effort of the local police in achieving normal traffic, it would not be possible if it had not been developed with the support and cooperation of citizens, so some simple recommendations:
- Forward if possible Christmas shopping, avoiding done by last days.
- Always respect the instructions of the traffic control agents.
- Use public transportation, pursuing a better traffic flow.
- Use the helmet on mopeds and motorcycles to minimize the severity of injury in an accident.
- Use public parking, avoiding violations and traffic problems.
- Do not drink alcohol when driving and respecting speed limits and other signals, increasing road safety.
DATA LAST CAMPAIGN: CHRISTMAS AND KINGS 2013-2014
The most relevant data from last season are:
- Persons identified: 704
- Identification of vehicles: 420
- Complaints by hawking without authorization: 6
- Reports of consumption or possession of drugs on the street: 40
- Complaints by drinking in public: 109
- Deligencias for lack of theft: 13
- Recovery of stolen vehicles: 13
- Recovery of lost items: 17
- Practiced Arrests: 44
Reasons for the arrests: against traffic safety, burglary, vehicle theft, theft and damage.
As for the seizure of counterfeit material:
- DVD: 446
- CD: 593
- Other (leather goods, perfumes, clothing ...): 211
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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