G20, armored Rome: closed roads and security plan

Armored Rome for the G20 scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday, 30 and 31 October 2021, with the heart of the event at the Nuvola all’Eur. Closed roads with an evolving map, detours for buses, stationary metro stations. The summit has already triggered an impressive security plan, fully operational today, on the day marked by the appointments of American President Joe Biden, received by the Pope in the Vatican, by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Biden moved with a veritable ‘monstre’ procession, made up of 85 vehicles, to reach the first destination in the Vatican. Read also The restrictive measures to traffic, which are part of the security plan developed in view of the summit of the Heads of State and Government, have been triggered, not only in the EUR but in various areas of Rome. As the local police of Roma Capitale reminds us in a post on Fb, there will be a “maximum security area in the District – Eur from 7 pm, with total ban on vehicular transit and limitations on pedestrian transit in all areas adjacent to the offices. of the Summit “. Thousands of local police officers engaged in traffic services and in the garrison of the gates that will delimit the area of ​​the IX Municipality affected by the meetings. Beyond the EUR, the entire downtown area will also be off limits, with the possibility of temporary closures to traffic. of which 2,542 of the police, 1,774 of the carabinieri, 580 of the financial police and 400 units of the armed forces, by virtue of a special and temporary extension of the contingent Operation ‘Safe Roads’, reserved for Rome, which thus increases overall to about 2,000 soldiers. Furthermore, the surveillance and defense of the airspace has been increased with the help of specialized structures of the armed forces, including anti-drone systems. of vehicles at the narrowest driveways. On the other hand, there should be no ‘black out’ of mobile telephone lines: at the request of the organizers an extra antenna was installed at the EUR to ensure wider signal coverage. in accordance with established practice on the occasion of similar events, the owner of the Viminale Lamorgese has ordered the reintroduction of controls at all internal national borders starting from 10 pm on 27 October and up to 1 pm on 1 November. ‘La Nuvola’ it is foreseen the establishment of a maximum security area, in which vehicular and pedestrian traffic is forbidden, except for residents and other authorized persons. Della Cioppa for the G20 in the capital also includes a helicopter in a state of alarm on the ground and ready for take-off, sharpshooters, anti-drone systems, bomb squads and anti-sabotage dog lovers, in addition to the possibility of activating the body cams on agents to monitor hot situations.