E 'for almost a year since I live here in Torrevecchia, first as a' guest 'is now my home. When we arrived, December 31, 2006, the stretch of road that connects via Torrevecchia Trionfale was still a two-way . Only that we are not in Parioli, a vigilant if they see few, and so there were always cars double parked on both sides, buses and ambulances (many in this area because there are two hospitals and some nursing homes) and struggled to move the infernal traffic jams were created.
From our window, which opens onto a side street, he felt the constant background traffic and ambulance sirens were so frequent that by mid-morning we had always already counted more than 10.
Then the road has changed. A trial . We realized very slowly, at first thought of the work. We did not know that sometimes the City change things for the better. -way, traffic on some side streets and redistributed on a parallel street always deserted between a park and a fire station.
The effects were immediate. Now it is a livable neighborhood . Less smog, less noise, less traffic. But the traders
they have done? They complained that sales had decreased, without saying why, but it seems to give the blame to the road test. The most obvious question is: people are shopping, but leaving the car double parked? But it will be better able to stroll and window shop without a punctured eardrum and an ambulance will not breathe exhaust fumes?
Torrevecchia Street traders have gone forward, involving the elderly and those who 'still was better when we were worse '. They rented the bus, they can, and went to speak before the City Council, right up to the Ministry of Transport. It's called hierarchical recourse.
They have assumed the right to speak for the majority of citizens , but no one has ever asked my opinion.
Indeed yes. The site of the nineteenth Hall explains in detail the sense of experimentation and provides the first results of the monitoring of the new road. There you can fill out a card to express your opinion, your opinion on the trial.
I did and shortly after I was contacted by the president of the municipality, Fabio Lazzara.
That is to say that it is useless, even in Italy, to express their opinion. Certainly a bit 'hard work always costs, get informed, read the data, view maps, download and fill out the form, send it.
I went to the town hall meeting, where we realized that if we do not make our voices heard, in favor of the new road, will return for a few items, but strong and arrogant, the old one. Thus was born a Committee and signed a petition.
Silence is consent, they say. But sometimes not enough.
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