The San Bartolomé City Council has sent a statement in which it affirms that it is already working to demand that Aena soundproof the homes affected by airport noise, after Somos Lanzarote announced this Monday that it was going to present a motion to the Consistory's plenary session to request an Acoustic Insulation Plan in the homes around Guacimeta
Specifically, the City Council points out that the possibility of mitigating the noise of airport traffic on the homes in Playa Honda closest to the site has been studied since May 24 "in order to guarantee the rest of the residents" and argues that "the required soundproofing works must be financed by the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA) entity, as has been done in Valencia, Vigo or Tenerife North, among others".
"Working to achieve the soundproofing of homes that are within the Acoustic Insulation Plan will be the task of a specialized legal office, which collaborates for this purpose with the San Bartolomé corporation," they point out, explaining that, for this, "the Strategic Noise Map of the Lanzarote Airport, prepared in July 2017, will be taken as a reference".
Meetings with neighbors
"According to the aforementioned study, the municipality of San Bartolomé is the most affected by the level of decibels (Db), both in the number of homes affected and in population and surface area," indicate from the City Council, from where they point out that, in the same way, "the diagnosis of noise pollution will determine the homes in which intervention will be carried out, taking as a reference the levels of 40/50 decibels day/night in living rooms, 40/30 decibels day/night in bedrooms and 50 decibels day/night in the rest of the rooms".
To initiate the procedures, the City Council points out that it must have a presence in the Environmental Monitoring Commission (CSAM), an interministerial body that integrates the ministries of Environment and Development and the regional and local administrations and where these demands are studied.
Finally, the Consistory announces "that the pertinent meetings will be held with the affected neighborhood in order to keep each and every one of those affected informed".
