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The National Republican Guard (GNR) will mobilise 200 military personnel daily from today until Sunday, to ensure the security of the Portuguese MotoGP,.
The Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) will mobilise 200 officers daily to guarantee safety during the Algarve MotoGP Grand Prix, preventing access to the.
Road restrictions for Portugal F1
Traffic along the main access routes to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA), in Portimão, will be restricted between today and Sunday, due to the F1 race being held at the circuit.
According to a source from the GNR Faro command, the restrictions will be in effect between 6pm today until the end of Sunday, with only passage to residents and people accredited for the event being authorised on the effected roads.
The GNR will set up control points on the routes next to the A22 (Via Infante de Sagres) junction to Mexilhoeira Grande and on the connections to the race track from the areas of Montes de Cima, Casas Velhas, Moinho da Rocha, Folga and Pereira.
Police restricting traffic due to MotoGP
Traffic on the main road accesses to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA), in Portimão, is prohibited, until Sunday, 18 April, due to the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix. There will be several control locations of the National Republican Guard (GNR) and who is not a resident or is accredited for the event does not pass, said a GNR source to Lusa News Agency.
The control of access begins this afternoon (15 April) in the connection of the Mexilhoeira Grande junction on the A22 - Via do Infante to the AIA, as well as on the roads that pass through the towns of Pereira, Folga, Montes de Cima, Moinho da Rocha and Casas Velhas, he said.