About thirty bars in Cartagena ask to set up bars on the street for Las Cruces | The truth

The deadline to request the installation of bars ended yesterday and Hostecar, which has specialized technicians in the processing of everything necessary for the placement of bars and terraces on public roads, answered more than 54 calls from hoteliers asking for information for the correct development of the activity. «We have managed 33 requests for bars located in both the historic center and the Cartagena region. The figures are very similar to those of last year, now the response from the City Council is missing, which will evaluate the placement of bars on a case-by-case basis,” said the vice president of Hostecar, José Luis Gestoso.

Hostecar and the Cartagena City Council have held various meetings to coordinate the participation of hospitality establishments in Las Cruces de Mayo. According to Gestoso, the City Council “has assessed that this Easter has not been entirely good for hoteliers, and we would like these May Crosses to be an economic boost for the sector.”

The City Council has already established that drinks and food can be served in the bars uninterruptedly from twelve noon until half past one in the morning. But the hoteliers will have to respect an afternoon break, from three to five in the afternoon, and at night, from eleven o'clock, when the music in the street will stop. Establishments that are authorized to set up bars in the street will have to leave a passage area with a minimum free width of 3.5 meters and a minimum height of 4.5 meters, to guarantee the passage of fire vehicles. Also in the line of facades where the accesses to buildings with a downward evacuation height greater than 9 meters are located.

Although its celebration is old in Cartagena and corresponded to the brotherhoods, the May Crosses festival has achieved great popularity in the last decade, with thousands of people in the streets during the three days of bars and music in the street.