He Barcelona’s town hall reported this Thursday that it has anti-noise measures canceled that had been approved for the district of Old City in November 2022, which included the terrace time restrictionrestaurants, music bars and filled. The consistory has explained, through a statement, that the decrees that were in force had “defects” that prevented its legal application, such as having exceeded the maximum processing period or accumulating notification failures that invalidate its validity. However, the municipal government has promised that will make a new plan with measures to reduce noise pollution in the area and try to preserve the rest of the neighborhood.
In November 2022, a regulation was launched by which numerous terraces of central streets and squares of Gòtic and Raval They had to clear the outside tables at 11:00 p.m. Every day of the week; when previously they could do it until midnight on weekdays and until one in the morning on weekends. Regarding businesses selling food or filled; was dictated prohibition of opening between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of various streets in Raval and Gòtic. This is the regulation that now has been left without effect.
“This action corrects a situation that had led the municipal district to face a contentious-administrative judicial procedure against owners of activities who had denounced the actions of the City Council and the lack of observation of the procedure in the approval of the decrees. It is within the framework of this contentious-administrative judicial procedure, with the in-depth review and analysis of the processing of the decrees, that the processing defects that require the invalidation of this municipal regulation have been detected,” the council explained.
New plan against noise
Once this “defective” municipal regulation has been invalidated, the Ciutat Vella district has begun to develop a new plan against noise which will include concrete measures to reduce noise levels, within the framework of work for a new Plan against noise pollution in the city with a 2024-2027 horizon. The measures and actions of the new plan will cover the entire territory of the district, especially the areas of concentration of nightlife establishments, terraces and/or restaurants.
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To carry it out, it is planned to begin with the installation of eight new sound level meters, which are added to the 30 assets in the district and which will serve to collect permanently updated measurements and data with continuous measurement. The district’s ‘Noise Table’ will also be convened.
“This is one of the lines of work priority contemplated in the District Action Plan, the PAD, for the period 2023-2027that It is in development and pending publication.. “Its objective is to prepare, approve and execute a specific action plan to reduce noise levels in the district and in areas with greater acoustic stress,” the city council noted in its statement.