Through the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, Palermo divided in two: the map of prohibitions

We are going to the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia. The long-awaited sports competition that for the ninth time sees Sicily welcome the first stage of the pink race began at 1:15 p.m., from Monreale. For the event, the city was divided in two through municipal ordinances that temporarily changed the viability. It will be the mayor Leoluca Orlando, upon arrival, who will award the winner and deliver the first pink jersey of the Giro.

“A race that once again – declares the mayor – unites the entire country from south to north at a time when there is certainly a need to remain united without giving up moments of sport and life. For Palermo an extraordinary opportunity to show Italy and the world its beauties, with a path that unites and crosses the Unesco Arab-Norman and Freedom itinerary, of the intertwining of cultures and peoples ”.

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For today, Saturday October 3, the suspension of vehicle and pedestrian traffic is scheduled from 8 am to 5 pm, and in any case until the needs cease, throughout the entire course of the competition. The roads involved: entrance from the municipality of Monreale from the limit of the municipal territory (provincial road 69 Palermo-Monreale), corso Calatafimi, flyover viale della Regione Siciliana, corso Calatafimi, Porta Nuova, via Vittorio Emanuele, via Roma, via Principe di Belmonte, via Michele Amari, via Emerico Amari, via Roma, piazza Don Sturzo, via Giuseppe Puglisi Bertolino, piazza Nascè, via Isidoro Carini, via Pasquale Calvi, via Generale Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, via Duca della Verdura, via della Libertà, Largo dell ‘Esedra, via della Libertà. Arrival: via della Libertà – piazza Ruggero Settimo and piazza Castelnuovo.

The complete list of closed roads and prohibitions.

All detours to avoid the route will be made at the last useful junction or those deemed necessary. The Municipality specifies that “as far as possible, with the utmost respect for safety, the crossings of vehicles and pedestrians at the points attended by police personnel and in any case may be authorized, before the start of the race and while they exist conditions before the passage of the advertising caravan vehicles, and the relay races “.

Vehicles parked in the permitted spaces and within the private areas adjacent to the racetrack, will not be able to resume driving during the period of interruption of road traffic. The measures will also be extended to urban and extra-urban buses that will use the identified alternative routes.