Filters, evictions and 7,500 people capacity for the grapes of 30 and 31 in Puerta del Sol

The spokesperson for the Madrid City Council,

, has detailed that finally there will be 7,500 people who will be able to take the grapes in the Puerta del Sol on December 30 and 31, a capacity determined based on a "prudent calculation" of the space that it is released in the square due to the works that have been paralyzed until after Kings.

Sanz had already repeatedly indicated that the capacity would range from 8,000 to 7,000 people, this being the figure that was determined last year to welcome 2022, after the traditional grape intake on December 31 was not held in 2020. by the coronavirus pandemic.

In the press conference after the Governing Board, Sanz has detailed that finally the capacity for the "preúvas" on the 30th and the grapes on the 31st, as well as for the celebration that takes place on that day at noon with trinkets, will be than 7,500 people, according to

reports

.

Sanz explained that the determined capacity "has been conditioned because the square" is not one hundred percent of how it will be once the works are finished, focused on clearing the Puerta del Sol and rearranging the elements that are scattered in it, in the spring of next year.

"There are a series of effects, also with the excavations that have had to be done in some areas of the square, and, therefore, the available area is not the same as it would be when the works are finished. What has been done is a calculation regarding the space released, and I also believe that with a prudent calculation, so that we can have all the guarantees so that the people who go to enjoy those grapes in the square do so safely", the government spokesperson added. municipal council of PP and Citizens.

Sanz has insisted that the maximum capacity has been calculated in a "prudent" manner and in accordance with the National Police and Government Delegation, while recalling that there will be 250 Municipal Police officers who will ensure that the capacity is not exceeded and to that nobody enters the Puerta del Sol with objects that could compromise the safety of those gathered there. There will also be a reinforcement of personnel for noon on the 31st.

Eviction from Puerta del Sol

The agents will be assigned to control the accesses to the Puerta del Sol, and, as has happened in other years, the Municipal Police and the National Police will share the four accesses that there are, explained Sanz, and recalled that the square will be vacated around at 9:00 p.m. to later be able to access in a controlled manner by the filters.

Access control to the Puerta del Sol, both on the 30th and for the chimes of the 31st, will be carried out using pedestrian filters, with the aim of counting attendees up to the maximum set and preventing the entry of elements that may pose a risk to the public. citizen security, such as glass, blunt objects or firecrackers.

The filters will be located in Plaza Canalejas (Carrera de San Jerónimo), in Alcalá at Customs, in Mayor with Ciudad Rodrigo street, and in Arenal on Travesía de San Ginés, while the pre-filters will be in those same streets. but 30 or 50 meters before.

The filters and pre-filters will be carried out, through the installation of fences, by the Municipal Police (with the presence of drones from the Air Support Section), and the count will be carried out by Civil Protection at the four access points to Puerta del Sol (in the filters of Mayor, Arenal, Alcalá and Carrera de San Jerónimo streets), informing the authorized command post.

The Municipal Police, likewise, will establish a specific device to prevent street vending in Puerta del Sol and surrounding areas, as well as the presence of dangerous objects, on the 30th and 31st.

Also participating in this device, both on the 30th and 31st, are 48 SAMUR-Civil Protection troops (with three basic life support units, two advanced life support units, multiple casualty vehicles, a command vehicle and a 'Quebec' - NRBQ-), and there will be a checkpoint of Firefighters and personnel from the Urgent Cleaning Service (SELUR).

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