Running smoothly Jinling police build a safe track for South Malaysia

This year’s Nanma Muyan scenery belt track. Nanjing Daily/Purple Mountain News reporter Feng Wei Sun Zhongyuan photo

□ Nanjing Daily/Zijinshan News reporter Zhu Jing

Correspondent Ning Gongxin

More than 8,000 security personnel ensure the safety of the event.

The reporter learned from the press conference that in order to do a good job in the security of the 2023 Nanjing Marathon, the Nanjing police set up a special class for South Malaysia three months in advance, formulated and issued a general security plan, and started various preparatory work. Set up a field headquarters, and the public security, traffic police and other departments will work with the organizing committee of the tournament to carry out many field surveys to demonstrate, refine and improve the plan. On the day of the competition, the police will invest more than 8,000 security personnel at the starting point, the finishing point and along the route to undertake the security and traffic diversion tasks of the competition. The guardrail, hard enclosure and other facilities will be used for closed-loop control along the 42.195-kilometer track to ensure the smooth running of the competition.

In view of the temporary control of the race section during the marathon, in order to reduce the impact on citizens’ travel, Nanjing police combined with previous years’ security work experience to optimize and adjust the track. Li Peng, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said, firstly, the track was controlled by sections, and the whole track was temporarily controlled and released by sections, which not only ensured the smooth running of the race, but also resumed the road traffic as soon as the stage was over. The second is to ensure public transportation. Elevations, tunnels and river-crossing passages in the city are basically unblocked, and the entire subway line runs normally, ensuring that people leaving the city, crossing the river and going to airports and stations are not affected. The third is to set up crossing points on the track, and set up transverse crossing points at 76 light-controlled intersections along the track, with an average of 550 meters. According to the density of athletes in the track, pedestrians and non-motor vehicles on both sides of the track will be organized in an orderly manner. The fourth is to provide consulting services. The traffic control department will announce the event hotline, provide peer-to-peer consulting services to citizens with travel needs, help plan travel routes, avoid the control sections during the event, and minimize the impact of event security on urban operation.

No drones are allowed to fly across the track.

On the day of the race, the public can enjoy the style of marathon runners along the track. The police advised the public to avoid crowded areas such as the finish line, obey the management of on-site duty personnel and watch the race in a civilized manner. No social vehicles are allowed to park along the track, no social vehicles are allowed to park along the elevated roads and pedestrian overpasses, and no pedestrians are allowed to stay and watch the game. On the premise of not affecting the safety of athletes, security personnel at some intersections will organize pedestrians and non-motor vehicles to cross the track in an orderly manner according to the situation of on-site events, and ask the general public to consciously obey the command and management of on-site duty personnel to prevent the occurrence of forced entry into the track.

On the morning of November 5, Nanjing police took the lead in conducting security drills. "On the day of the 12th race, the roads passing by the track will be blocked section by section. Please listen to the instructions of the police on duty to ensure the safety of the participants and themselves. At the beginning, end and along the track, drones are prohibited from flying, and they will be investigated as soon as they are found. " Kong Lingzhao, deputy head of the Public Security Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said.

The reporter learned from the press conference that this year’s South Malaysia race will be held from 7:30 to 14:00 on November 12, with a long time span. The police advised the public to plan their trips in advance, avoid the time and sections of the competition control, and try to travel by subway and other means of transportation. Duan Ninghui, deputy head of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that during the competition, motor vehicles, special work vehicles, construction machinery vehicles and hazardous chemicals transport vehicles were prohibited from passing in the area south of the Yangtze River and around the city highway (excluding this road) in Nanjing, and the original traffic policy was maintained around the city highway.

At the same time, vehicles that originally held the truck restricted area pass were suspended from driving in the above-mentioned restricted areas and sections. The following six types of vehicles, after reporting to the traffic control department, enter and leave the restricted area according to the specified time and route: the people in this city are in urgent need of life that day; Marathon events must be used; It must be used to maintain the public order of marathon events; Used for emergency rescue and disaster relief; Involving national, provincial and municipal key projects that really need to be used that day; Involving national political, military, diplomatic and other needs.

People with special needs should plan their trip in advance.

Jin Qingyi, deputy detachment leader of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that citizens with special needs such as marriage, classes, exams and urgent important activities on that day can plan their trips in advance according to the bypass route announced by the police to avoid the road of competition control. On the day of the competition, citizens who plan to drive to the Great Hoonji Ruins Park, the Presidential Palace, Xuanwu Lake and other scenic spots try to avoid the morning time. The traffic control department will open the 12123 Nanma consultation hotline from November 6 to 10 (Monday to Friday) to answer questions about public transportation on the day of the competition. The working hours are 9: 00-11: 30 and 14: 30-17: 30 every day.

This year, South Malaysia set up a standard marathon track and a mini-healthy running track, with separate starting and finishing points, and there is no large parking lot around the starting point. The police suggested that the majority of the contestants take the subway to the starting point, and the subway will run at 5:30 in advance on the day of the competition. Participants can take the bus and subway for free with their directory. Tang Bin, a member of the Party Committee of the Public Security Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that in order to better cope with the sudden physical discomfort of athletes, the police recruited 100 policemen with good physical fitness and work experience to protect the runners, and the runners were closely connected with the medical staff in the track, so that all kinds of emergencies could be handled in time.