Residents of Sderot Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Boulevard) in Netanya say they have barely slept for more than two and a half weeks because of infrastructure works carried out at night. The complaint was aired on local radio station 90FM, on the midday programme «Yoman Tzohorayim» hosted by attorney Eli Orgad with reporter Michael Prosmushkin, when a resident named Shmulik called in and described the situation as an ongoing nightmare.<\/p>\n
According to Shmulik, the infrastructure and paving works start every evening at around 22:15 and continue into the early morning. Tractors drive back and forth with reversing beepers sounding, and compressors run as the paving is replaced section by section. In his account, the road is being dug up practically every night.<\/p>\n
Residents say the noise gets into their flats even with windows and shutters fully closed. «It is impossible to sleep,» Shmulik said on air, adding that after several sleepless nights it is very hard to function the following day.<\/p>\n
The residents say they turned to the municipality repeatedly and were promised that the works would be moved to the morning hours. According to them, those promises were not kept in practice, and work continued on recent nights as well.<\/p>\n
Netanya Municipality told 90FM that the works are essential for residents’ welfare and are intended to improve, reconfigure and make the junction safer, and that they are being carried out in line with police instructions. The city stressed that the works are expected to be completed in the coming days, and that the night of 10\u201311 November will most likely be the last night of night-time work.<\/p>\n
In other words, the city links the night-time schedule to police requirements, while residents hope the promised end of the works will indeed come within days. Netania.info will keep following the story.<\/p>\n