The residents of Piazza San Francesco I’m on the again war footing. The problems that have been weighing on the area for some time now periodically explode again, sparking controversy among the inhabitants and traders. What everyone cares about most is the presence of dozens of drunk homeless people which, both day and evening, occupy walls and benches, leaving garbage sown among flowerbeds.
«Until a few years ago, elderly people stopped in the square to enjoy a beautiful sunny day, to have a chat and socialize. Now the situation has changed. No one can approach anymore, because there are too many annoying homeless people – explains Gianni Denaro of the San Francesco neighborhood committee – They are mostly Georgians, but there is no shortage of Italians either. It’s not a question of racism, of course, but these people periodically raise their eyebrows and even become dangerous. They also do their business in the open and there are days when the bad smell is unbearable.
All this means that no person in the neighborhood can enjoy the square, because between excrement and vomitingand also hygienically not very recommendable sit there.” The benches are not in optimal conditions, the walls are broken in several places. «We cannot blame the traffic police or the operators for anything Clean Salerno – continues Denaro – What is certain is that if the issue of these bivouacs is not resolved fundamentally, nothing will ever substantially change”. There municipal policeafter the requests of the residents and a series of meetings that were held last year with the prefect, police commissioner and the police, he does not miss his presence, «also because among the problems that we had brought to their attention there was it was and there is also that of the presence of gangs of kids who scream, they speed dangerously on the sidewalks aboard their scooters and become protagonists of arguments and brawlsparticularly in the evening hours of the weekend”, he complains Rosa Sica.
«The point is that at night no one ever passes from here – he insists – So if during the day the noise is under control, beyond a certain time slot there is no way to rest”. And if in a first phase, thanks to the interest of the municipal councilor for safety Claudio Tringaliwe had managed to mitigate the frenetic comings and goings of two-wheeled vehicles, regardless of the rules of the Highway Code, now the scenario seems to have returned to that of a few months ago. «They have no respect for passers-by – he blurts out Sabrina Iannicelli – Ours is a neighborhood where many elderly people live there, many of whom have walking problems. It would simply be enough to have more respect for others. We also have a big problem with i illegal parkers. It is not exclusive to this area of the city, but the phenomenon certainly puts it at risk safety».
The last point that residents would like to bring to the attention of the municipal administration is that of public lighting. «In our opinion it should enhanced – the committee says – It would make us feel calmer, particularly after the escalation of thefts and robberies that have occurred in recent months. After all, these are not particularly onerous interventions.
And we would also like it if the square was used to welcome some event, especially now that both spring and summer are on the way. In this way, he could probably acquire one new identity and become a place open to young people and associations, rather than the meeting place for the homeless as they are penalizing very strongly the function of a space and the liveability of those who live there».
The committee had also applied for host light installations in the period of Artist’s lights and the markets of Christmas which visitors like so much.
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