It gets started a special device of traffic for the 45 Rally RACC Catalunya–Costa Dorada

The Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) and the Mossos d'Esquadra will set in motion a special device and traffic safety Management in connection with the celebration of the edition 45 of the Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada. This year, this car race is being held from Thursday 1 October to Sunday 4 October and will affect the circulation of 8 counties: the Tarragonès, Alt Camp, Conca de Barberà, Baix Camp, Baix Penedès, Priorat and Ribera d'Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, and Les Garrigues, in the demarcation of Lleida. Rally Catalunya - Costa Daurada will be developed mainly during the weekend and therefore the movement of spectators who come to see the rally are added to the usual movements. The path of the stages over Friday, Saturday and Sunday is as follows: Shakedown: Thursday, 1 October (from 08:00-2:00 pm). Sections: N-420A, the Teixeta Coll. STEP 1. Friday, October 2nd (from 08.00 - 5.30pm). Sections: The Mussara - Querol - The Montmell. STEP 2. Saturday, October 3rd (from 08.00 - 6.30pm). Sections: El Priorat / La Ribera d'Ebre - Les Garrigues - La Llena. STEP 3. Sunday, October 4th (from 08.00 – 3.30pm). Sections: Riudecanyes - Santa Marina - La Serra d'Almos. It should be remembered that the participants will travel twice the sections of each stage, so each way roads will not open to traffic until after the passage of the last participant. The device will have SCT ´s signaling equipment installed for runway lighting and relevant special traffic measures, traffic management and regulation, from a helicopter manned by technicians from the SCT will develop specific tasks of monitoring devices and special measures reporting in real time on the road affectations at the Road Information Center of Catalonia. Special measures Special measures of movement provided by the SCT at the conclusion of Rally Catalunya - Costa Daurada are these: It will enable a car park on the side of the N-420 between the km 856 (Riudecols) and 849 (Pradell of Teixeta), by installing vertical cones and mobile signaling at the start of the slow pathway in Falset sense . The measure will be supplemented with posters indicating the vehicles traveling Falset sense that they can make the change of direction, to go to Reus, in crossing the kilometer point 849 (Pradell of Teixeta and Fontaubella Tower), avoiding doing it at the tunnel exit in the kilometer 850 of the N-420. These actions will be deployed throughout Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October. In the Teixeta Pradell, vehicles running on the N-420 towards Tarragona can not access T-313 road, which leads to the localities Riudecanyes and Duesaigües, and TP-7401 to Porrera since ending access ramp on the N-420 in these pathways. Nor is accessible from the T-313 in the N-420 towards Tarragona, because it is also cut off the access ramp. These measures are enabled on Thursday 1, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October. The sporting event will force cut several roads and affect the mobility of the districts mentioned. Therefore, from the SCT it is asked to drivers to be alert to the movement restrictions established and inform themselves through the radio, the 012 and SCT's website (trafficking www.gencat.net/ ). Device from Mossos d´esquadra The event will mobilize a total of 840 officers of the Mossos d´esquadra Autonomous Police, of which 439 carry out functions of traffic control throughout the stages and 401 will work with the objective of ensuring public safety. In the specific case of transit operating groups, they will seek to ensure safe movement around the roads affected by the timed events on the roads and feeder lines considered, facilitate access to restricted areas for competition both participants and vehicles authorized by the organization, and also collaborate in the courts of the tranches of competition by providing the most appropriate diversion to other users. Being considered binding, it will focus on populations crossings, intersections and / or additions, keeping in mind that competing vehicles must comply with regulations on vehicle traffic and road safety. Also in this issue, there will be peephole vehicles to watch and sanction careless or reckless driving that can be performed both by road users and competitors in the rally. For its part, the task forces, with players from Resources Regional Operating Area (ARRO) and the Public Safety Units (USC) of the territory, will participate in the deployment set out in sections and specifically in places where it is necessary a Group specialized in situations of large cities and / or possible disorders. There will also be the involvement of agents of specialized units (TEDAX, Canine Unit, etc.).. Overall objectives As for the overall objectives of this device are specified as follows: Ensuring security at the official presentation by the organization. Ensuring security in the Port Aventura Park Closed during all days of the race. Ensuring the closure of special stages, supporting the commissioners, from the evidence as to the location of the public, intervening only as law enforcement officials if necessary. Ensure that minutes are timed and without movement and restriction of movement of people while it is closed to traffic. Ensuring the smooth flow in the feeder lines of the three days of competition and the Shakedown, established to facilitate travel for participants in the road network without involving any obstacles to the normal movement of vehicles. Ensure the security and integrity of all participants in the race. Ensure that no demonstration or social claim breaks the normal development of the test. Communicate possible incidents and intervene before a significant event. Tips for those attending the rally The SCT recommends at all times to the recommendations that may make the race commissioners and agents, who ensure the safety of all. The Service also recommends the audience to the race to plan early enough on where they want to see the rally and the point to be chosen, taking into account the closing hours of the stretches to the movement. Once located, it should not move because, as already noted, the participants of the rally will pass twice. When parking, it is best done in areas specifically designated for this purpose through the car parks and in any case, it should not leave the vehicle parked in an area which impedes circulation, the development of the race or shifting emergency vehicles if necessary. Following completion of stages, it is recommended to facilitate an orderly return.  

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