Face à la hausse des plaintes pour nuisances sonores, la mairie de Bordeaux rappelle les commerçants à l’ordre
This is a well-known problem in the city center of Bordeaux: the noise pollution caused by the bars and especially their terraces filled with revelers. A family that recently moved to the city center experiences it on a daily basis. “There’s a constant hubbub. What’s really complicated are the loud voices, the people who are very, very drunk. People who can throw trash cans at our front door because they’re drunk, the Shaking walls, jumping alarm clocks. It feels like there’s no limit”, explains a mother met by France Bleu Gironde. That weighs on physical fitness and mental health parents, but also children. “We are starting to saturate”she assures.
Post-Covid decompression
This kind of situation, the town hall of Bordeaux encounters on a daily basis. She even notices a upsurge in complaints from local residents. According to the public tranquility assistant Amine Smihi, interventions for noise pollution in connection with an establishment represent 30 to 40% of the activities of the municipal police services.
Phenomena that can be described as post Covid decompression, according to Marc Etcheverry, delegate municipal councilor for the management of terraces at the town hall of Bordeaux. On the one hand, the strong recovery in economic activity is a good thing for traders, “but at the same time, it will lead to behaviors that are a little more abusive than before and therefore nuisances that we now need to manage”.
We want to allow merchants to develop their business, support employment, and on the other hand, provide residents with peace of mind.
Recall the order
In a letter dated August 12, the town hall of Bordeaux reminded commercial operators of the rules, particularly with regard to noise pollution. Meetings between Town Hall and professionals in the sector will take place in the coming weeks. And by the fall, the regulations governing the terraces will be reviewed. With always in mind for Marc Etcheverry of “to allow traders to develop their activity, to support employment and, on the other hand, to provide residents with peace of mind, to live in a city that is peaceful.”