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| More than 1,300 national and international carriers have passed through the rest area enabled in the Artés Carrasco stadium | In these facilities the drivers have been able to have free food, showers and toilets in two daily shifts, from Monday to Sunday, from 12:00 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 22:00, in order that they could make use of both for eat as for dinner.The Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, together with the Councilor for Transport and Sports, Irene Jódar, has reported the closure today, Friday, of the Rest and Provisioning Area for transporters and truckers enabled in the soccer stadium 'Francisco Artés Carrasco 'by the Lorca municipality.The Mayor of Lorca explained that "once the Region of Murcia has entered Phase 1 of the de-escalation, many restaurants in the area are reopening their facilities in the municipality to the public, so these professionals are already stopping to rest in the different service areas that are already beginning to be found operational and that they find along the route of their journeys ".For this reason, Diego José Mateos recalled that "the objective with which we enabled these facilities, almost a month and a half ago, was to be able to offer all these transport professionals food and shower services, since the team of Government we were aware of the difficult situation they were facing with the closure of the service areas they used before the state of alarm decree.
"According to the First mayor, "more than 1,300 transport professionals have passed through these facilities, from different parts of the country, such as Andalusia, Asturias, Extremadura or Valencia, and international, from countries such as Sweden, Brazil, Morocco or Denmark, who have thanked enormously the service that the City Council has offered them.
They have even voluntarily written dedications and thank you messages in a notebook.
In addition to sharing different videos and photos on their social networks, this service has greater repercussion.
"Mateos Molina has highlighted "the work carried out by the workers of the Department of Sports, as well as all the companies that have been collaborating, such as Unexport, making an economic donation, Catering Antonia Navarro providing the hot and cold menus, the fruit of Agrícola Jovi and Alimer, Vending Lorca coffee and soft drinks machines, Vectoris staff, and Solplast material to protect users from inclement weather.
A huge thanks goes ahead for the effort that all these companies have made by contributing its grain of sand so that everything worked perfectly ".In addition, this space has been included in the Ministry of Transport website during all these weeks on a map with all the areas enabled for these professionals, as well as in the different information panels that drivers have been encountering as they passed through the highway with the specific address to reach the site, exit 640 of the A7.The mayor stressed that "from the beginning we were clear that we had to be close to one of the most important groups during this health crisis, since thanks to them it has been possible to supply shops and establishments, guaranteeing that we can continue to find products of first necessity from the first moment ".It should be remembered that the Rest and Provisioning Area for transporters and truckers set up in the Artés Carrasco stadium came into operation on Friday, April 3, and during all this time the drivers have been able to have free food, showers and toilets on two daily shifts.
, from Monday to Monday, from 12 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
and from 6 p.m.
to 10 p.m., so that it could be used for both lunch and dinner.Lastly, Mateos has insisted that "these transport professionals have their home in Lorca, we hope to see you all again soon in our city so that you can enjoy it and visit it.
It has been a very gratifying experience and we will never tire of thanking you for everything they are doing for society in this health crisis.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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