Giro d’Italia, the prefect’s appeal: “Turin, if you come to cheer, be responsible”

TURIN. Expectations are growing in Turin for the start of the 104th edition of the Giro d’Italia. A stage that will cross the city center, with thousands of people who will flock to the points of greatest interest. In recent days, the Prefecture has met several times to prepare an action plan that allows the event to be carried out safely. “The route of the Giro is quite long – explains the prefect Claudio Palomba – in the key points, the Valentino park and Piazza Vittorio Veneto, where the time trial will end, a large presence of law enforcement and civil protection volunteers is expected. “.

“The hope – he warns – is that the citizens’ sense of responsibility prevails, so as to avoid gatherings that could then prove to be harmful. The advice is what we all know by now, keep social distancing and wear a mask for the duration of the event ».

In the afternoon, meanwhile, the Municipality issued an ordinance which prohibits, from 12.00 to 18.00, within the area and the routes involved in the sporting event, the sale for take-away, by public establishments, of businesses at a fixed location, of the holders of authorization for the itinerant trade, of drinks in glass bottles and cans, which may constitute a danger, even if supplied by vending machines, whose managers will have to provide for every measure and fulfillment necessary to prevent their dispensing . The consumption and possession in public places of beverages in glass bottles and cans and the administration of beverages with an alcohol content greater than 21% are also prohibited.

The areas affected by the ordinance are piazza Castello, piazza Vittorio Veneto; corso san Maurizio (from Rondo ‘Rivella to via Rossini), Valentino park, corso Vittorio Emanuele II (between corso Massimo D’Azeglio and Ponte Umberto I); corso Moncalieri, via Monsignore and via Vittozzi (in the sections between via Gioannetti and piazza Gran Madre); corso Casale, via Cosmo and via Monferrato (in the stretches between piazza Gran Madre and via Santorre di Santarosa; piazza Gran Madre.