La Loreto street It will be proposed to be declared acoustically saturated zone (WHAM) by the City of Denia, as announced, Josep Crespo, Mayor of the Environment and Climate Change.
The emergence of numerous dining and entertainment in recent years has made it difficult to combine rest and daily life of residents in this area. This has caused several neighborhood complaints that led to this council to take action. From April to September sonometers were installed at three points of that street to measure noise. In two of them the limits set by the regulations are exceeded. Crespo stressed that "the most suitable to slow down and reduce levels of noise pollution, improve living conditions in the street and reconcile business activity with residential living way is to declare Acoustic Saturated Zone". The section where permitted levels, which is between the square and the streets Constitució Forn d'Algarra and Desemparats are exceeded.
The proposal will be dealt with on Thursday in information commission before moving to its provisional approval at the plenary session this month. The mayor hopes the move with the approval of the other groups of the corporation after studying all the documentation.
If approved this will mean the suspension of licenses of new business hotel and recreational activities in the declared acoustically saturated zone. Also prevent existing obtain a license modification to increase their activity, for example, by installing more tables and chairs.
After the provisional approval, a period of 30 days of public exposure of the project will be opened for the presentation of allegations before its final approval, with which other measures added to the previous ones will take effect.
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Measures to be taken in an acoustically saturated zone
These measures, emphasizes that businesses operating in the Loreto Acoustically Saturated zone may not extend the time allowed closing night during the summer season (from June to 15 September 30). There will also be more police on the street to control the occupation of public roads and closing times of establishments.
There will be garbage collection in work schedules that minimize inconvenience to residents on the street. Collecting the individual containers of bars and restaurants not before the 6 am. In addition, the sweeper will not happen before 7 hours and flusher begin work on the street from the 7: 30 hours.
