“The following letter is aimed at drawing attention to a problem that is affecting a large part of the citizens of Andria.
For several months now, many citizens have been victims of loud nocturnal noises that do not allow for free and dignified rest: these are the nocturnal street cleaning activities carried out in various neighborhoods of our city from 02:00 onwards (during the summer months even before) every night from Monday to Saturday (certainly every night in via Corato, viale Trentino, Sacro Cuore area; less frequently Sacramento area, Santa Maria Vetere and Viale Crispi).
In particular, street cleaning workers use diesel engine blowers which in addition to polluting the environment generate a noise that causes a sudden awakening in the middle of the night, to this must be added the noises emitted by street sweeping machines which simultaneously collect waste at the edges of the roads and which further aggravate the noise emissions.
Furthermore, to the aforementioned noisy activities is added theglass collection activities, also carried out from 4.30 am, which for those who live near commercial premises such as bars, pizzerias, restaurants, pubs etc. becomes repeated on several days throughout the week.
Such noise emissions, which are well beyond the tolerability threshold and entail the crime of disturbing the peace, have been creating damage on a physical, moral and psychological level for too long and can no longer be tolerated today!!!
The above must lead to a reflection on the fact that all the aforementioned noises are also suffered by various “weak” sections of citizens such as newborns, the elderly, heart patients and sick people of all kinds.
In recent months numerous reports (formal and otherwise) have been sent to the Mayor and Councilor for the Environment of the City of Andria and to the companies Gial Plast-SiEco-Impregico Srl, but to date no response has been received and nothing has changed!
The situation has become unsustainable. There are solutions to this problem and they must be implemented in a timely manner so that the damage that continues to be perpetrated is stopped.”
