The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, ordered this Wednesday, facing imminent red weather alert due to rain in Valencia, “temporary and exceptional measures to guarantee the safety of peoples”, which envisage, among other things, the restriction of the circulation of all private vehicles in all affected municipalities with the exception of those of essential and emergency services.
In a message on his social networks, Mazón emphasizes that this decision covers everything since 10:00 p.m. this Wednesday until 11:59 p.m. Thursday. According to the president, educational and sporting activities are also suspended and the closure of day centers is decreed. They affect a total of 163 municipalities, according to the Emergency Coordination Center, among which the city of Valencia and all the municipal measures of this province of Valencia which devastated the DANA on October 29.
Concerning the restriction of circulation of any private transport vehicle in all the municipalities concerned by the alert, the exception concerns those of essential and complementary intervention services, as well as all companies responsible for guaranteeing the provision of basic services in water, energy and communications. and food distribution.
These are the exceptions to the movement
Also excluded are urgent and duly justified trips that take place for one of the following reasons:
- Assistance to health centers, services and establishments.
- Return to the place of habitual or family residence.
- Assistance and care for the elderly, minors, dependent people, disabled people or particularly vulnerable people.
- Due to force majeure or a situation of necessity.
- Any other activity of the same nature, duly accredited.
The Emergency Coordination Center of the Valencian Generalitat sent this afternoon, at 7:46 p.m.a second message from Es-Alert to cell phones located in towns affected by the red rain alert, along the entire coast. from Valencia. The notice informs that educational, sporting and day center activities are suspended and that the movement of private vehicles is restricted.
