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Local residents’roadmisery The residents of La Zenia Golf 1 and surrounding urbanisations, many of whom are elderly and retired, are suffering what they describe as “torture” due to the excessive noise that heavy trucks make as they travel over the metal traffic calming bumps that have been placed outside their homes. he road in question is the constantly busy Ctra Villa Martin, the road that leads from La Zenia roundabout to Villa Martin, providing the main access route to Zenia Boulevard. Residents say that from around 5am the noise begins and is impossible to ignore, waking residents and meaning any deep sleep after that time is impossible. One resident said: “We used to live in a quiet and peaceful osasis, our slice of Eutopia but our peace and quiet has been shattered, the noise is constant all day and night. It is making people stressed and ill.” Local holiday home owner Kathleen Callaghan said: “I have talked with a
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“Local residents are the ones who are now paying the price for Zenia Boulevard, for the politicians it’s all about the money and they have no concern for the misery we suffer every day...
number of the residents, people who live here, and have been saddened to hear how their dream has been destroyed, I will be leaving here shortly and I will get respite from this misery. However, I feel deeply for those that have to endure the sleep deprivation and the anxiety associated with this constant noise. To this end I have called to the Town Hall and have submitted a complaint form to them accompanied by the signatures of residents and businesses in the area seeking the removal of the ramps.” However, residents are not hopeful that the local co-ordinator for the Coast not the Town Hall will be helpful.
Spanish resident Luis first complained in writing to Orihuela Town Hall in 2013 and despite taking several updated letters to the local government over the years, having them formally submitted and stamped, has never even received a reply. Many of the residents have lived in the area for more than 15 years at which CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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