Puerta del Sol will today be the safest point in the region.

There will be a total of 600 agents of the Municipal Police and the National Police to guarantee security throughout the day, both in the children's grapes at midday and in the Midnight Chimes.

Kilometer

zero

will also have

a capacity of 7,500 people, only 500 people more than last year,

due to the renovation works on the square.

As of 6:00 p.m., the accesses to the Metro and Cercanías de Sol will be closed, for security reasons.

In addition, a dozen panels will be installed in the streets to inform citizens if the square is fully occupied.

The agents will evacuate kilometer zero from 8:50 p.m. and access will not be possible until 10:30 p.m.

After that, "a thorough inspection of the area will be carried out to avoid leaving any object that could disturb public order", and then "access will be allowed through Mayor, Alcalá, Arenal and Carrera de San Jerónimo streets."

On the other hand, Carmen and Preciados streets will remain enabled as "corridors and evacuation routes that will be used if necessary", while people with reduced mobility, together with their companion, will be able to access Sol through Esparteros street. , where they will have an exclusive area to also enjoy the Chimes.

As usual, filters and pre-filters will be established at the access to the square in which a count will be carried out so that the established capacity is not exceeded, for which reason the Police recommend arriving in advance.

In these filters

, security controls will also be carried out on the belongings that citizens carry, especially in backpacks and bags.

You will not be able to access the square with "glasses or glass bottles, sticks, flares and pyrotechnic objects."

At the entrances there will be waste containers to deposit those objects that are not allowed, and Civil Protection volunteers will distribute plastic cups to all attendees.

Silvia Pérez, spokesperson for the National Police, recommended yesterday that

those who go to Sol do not carry mobile phones or wallets in their back pockets and that they put the children

's phone number in some visible place (such as their hand) in case they get lost.

The Madrid City Council also called for "responsibility" to all those who come to Puerta del Sol tonight to celebrate the Chimes.

In this sense, he asked that vehicles not arrive in the vicinity.

The Municipal Police will enable a vehicle traffic diversion service sufficiently in advance of the establishment of the pedestrian cuts,

specifically in Jacinto Benavente square with Cruz street, in Mayor with Comandante de las Morenas square, and in Alcalá with Sevilla.

There will also be a presence of

the Urgent Cleaning Service (SELUR),

and there will be a fire department and 48 members of Samur-Civil Protection to "guarantee that any health care occurs in the shortest possible time."

Likewise, the Government of the Community of Madrid will illuminate the façade of its headquarters, the Royal Post Office, with the colors of the Community of Madrid (red and white), as well as those of the Spanish flag.

The colors will change alternately from 9:00 p.m.

In addition,

after 12 bells there will be a pyrotechnic show with 16 volcanic effects

and stars in the colors of the Community of Madrid flag, which will also be represented with lights on the main balcony of the Real Casa de Correos.

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