Loading and unloading goods nonstop. But don't residents have rights?

PROBLEM UNLOADING AND LOADING GOODS

There are citizens I really don't envy. They have beautiful homes in the historic center, elegant apartments in buildings overlooking magical places. But every day, they live the same life, without escape. obsession: the continuous coming and going of vehicles, often smelly and smoked, for the loading and unloading of goods.

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CITY NOISE POLLUTION

In Rome as in Turin. In Milan as in Naples. In Padua as in Palermo. The topic of loading and unloading goods is a taboo, one that's truly difficult to overcome. Traders, like transport companies, they want free hands, and they refuse to accept a reduction in hours, even though it would be necessary. The latest example is that of the very civilized city of Turin, where the hours, which were limited to the morning hours of 6:00 and 10:30, have been extended to the entire day. And patience for the residents who have to put up with 24 hours of mess.

Shopkeepers are a powerful lobby and in the historic center they count for a lot, even in electoral terms. The same goes for trucking and shipping companies. They are untouchable. But the residentsIs there still anyone who cares about their point of view? Or do they have to emigrate, as is happening in many cities? Let us remember, in fact, that the citizens of the historic center have no respite from the torments they must endure. In the morning there are vehicles for loading and unloading goods. And in the evening it all comes down, until the first light of dawn, with the chaos of the movida.In the middle then there are the uncivilized motorists who they park their cars in reserved areas during loading and unloading operations. Adding chaos, noise, and horns to the expected confusion.

RESIDENT CITIZENS' RIGHTS

I read in interview al Corriere della Sera an excellent intention by Giuseppe Sala, mayor of Milan. He promises, by 2025, to force all loading and unloading of goods to be done in the city centre only with electric means. Maybe. In the meantime, it would already be a step forward if in the Italian historic centers there were a little less chaos.

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