A situation that worsens to the naked eye. In the “Egg mountain “one of the green spaces that divide the Pau 1 and Pau 2 From Alicante, garbage accumulation has become a daily scene. Remains of ancient illegal settlements that leave dirty mattresses, blankets, broken suitcases, plastics and other abandoned objects remain distributed throughout the hillside. “This full of garbage And features that people have left, and it is not safe “, Esther Blázquez, neighbor of the neighborhood warns. “There are many parents with their children and it is one of the few green areas that we have. Someone should come to clean because the situation is unsustainable“, Remarks.
“It is full of garbage and it is that people have left, and it is not safe”
And it is that throughout these last months, several of the homeless who inhabited the area have been evicted. However, after its march, the garbage that remained was never removed. “It always takes more cleaning in the neighborhood, but here specifically it is something shameful that it cannot continue like this,” says Inma Miñana. “In the last month, he has not stopped accumulating. It is an endemic problem and they have to do something from the City Council, at least for the neighborhood to look better, “he says.
The dirt left by the illegal settlements in the Pau 1 of Alicante / Pilar Cortés
Garbage that nobody collects
The neighbors denounce that, after the evictions, no service of municipal cleaning To recover the area. What were previously improvised settlements with stores campaign, fires and belongings, It has been transformed into outdoor waste spotlights. “You have to clean thoroughly, it would be right,” insists Francesc Nieto. “Everything is left as those who were here. The City Council cannot be limited to evicted, it also has to clean because this is public, and right now it is a focus of unhealthiness,” he says.
“Hel City Council cannot be dislodged, you also have to clean because this is public”
The situation, in addition to affecting the image of the neighborhoods of the environment, generates concern among those who walk or do sports in the area. “I go here to walk from time to time and I have seen it. The garbage seems unacceptable“, says José Joaquín Rubio.” Parents with children, people with pets come here … And it seems horrible to me. The City Council should act once and for all, “he says.
“I go here to walk from time to time and I have seen it. The garbage seems unacceptable”
Beyond cleaning
Waste accumulation is only part of the problem. In a letter sent to the City Council, the residents of the Pau 1 denounce that the illegal settlements, many of them installed for years throughout Via park and under the red bridge, They have spread to the doors of their homes. As they explain, some occupants have begun to sleep in the holes of recently built buildings facades and in public banks of the Juan Pablo II square.
“In the last month, it has not stopped accumulating. It is an endemic problem and they have to do something from the City Council”
“These permanent settlements are generating a growing insecurity“points the neighborhood letter. To this is added the risk of fires. The neighbors say that it is common for garbage, plastics and organic remains, which causes a persistent smell that reaches the houses. “The particles that emerge are harmful to the respiratory tract, especially between older people and children and the stench of burned garbage is unbearable. No one in their healthy judgment wants to live and endure daily health problems and added insecurity, “they denounce in the letter.
“They should clean it, it's logical. And not only there: there are more areas in the neighborhood in the same situation.”
Insalubrity
Despite having communicated the situation on multiple occasions, both through collective letters and through individual complaints, the neighbors say they have not received a response from the City Council. They have also alerted the administrators of farms and the neighborhood association of Pau 1, without visible results. “They should clean it, it's the logical”says Manuel Pina. “And not only there: there are more areas in the neighborhood in the same situation. Everything is very dirty and does not leave a good image,” he remarks.
Meanwhile, mattresses and empty suitcases are still on the egg mountain. The blankets, the calcined and plastics remains remain in sight. The neighbors They claim cleaning, surveillance and a firm institutional response. Because the problem is not just what remained behind the settlements. It is what nobody wants to collect.
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