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You wake up at night or in the morning.
Santariškės elder Donatas Giknius claims that after taking over the transportation of waste in his “Ekonovus” district, residents are forced to endure the constant noise. In the middle of the working week, waste is transported at night, on weekends when working people can normally afford to sleep.
“I am writing to you from Santariškės. And I woke up again, even though I was able to sleep at least another 1.5 hours during the weekend. More. The culprit is the malicious company Ekonovus, which does not follow the noise prevention rules and spits on the writings of the residents and the municipality.
I’ll write you a letter in a few minutes, at 7:42 pm the trash in my yard was loud. But I also hear this garbage truck at the other end of the district pulling garbage from other underground garbage containers in the house.
The impression is that during the hours of rest, the most famous machine was dispatched, perhaps even technically messy, with chains hitting the hull, rattling and creaking mechanisms. “Thank you” Ekonovus – you are a real example, irresponsible companies for profit “, – the old man from Santariškės sent such an indignant letter to the company, the Vilnius municipality and his company” Vilnius Waste System Administrator “(VASA).
I am writing to you from Santariškės. And I woke up again, even though I was able to fall asleep for at least another 1.5 hours over the weekend. plus.
Offenses are repeated
According to D. Giknius, these violations are repetitive, which is why the neighbors suspect that they are malicious: “We did not have such and so many problems with any previous garbage dump. We are tired of fighting, it has been going on for years.
We ask the Vilnius municipality to punish the carrier in the strictest way. We also ask that you terminate the contract with this carrier in our area and choose another carrier, because we no longer believe in the goodwill of this carrier and the possibility of repair. “
As the old man said 15 minutes, complaints go to the responsible authorities every month, but no one finds a solution. According to VASA, you send a standard response that the company has been instructed to follow the rules and take action to change the trash service time. And the rules state that on weekdays from 10 pm to 7 am. and on weekends and holidays from 22:00 to 09:00. Waste can only be disposed of without making any noise that will disturb people’s peace, rest and work. Otherwise, a separate permit from the municipal administration is required.
Photo by Algimantas Barzdžius / Containers
“The carrier is also aware of the impending administrative responsibility,” VASA representatives told residents.
Ekonovus residents generally apologize: “We will repeatedly warn employees to comply with the Noise Prevention Rules in Public Places approved by the City Council in 2007. September 12 decision not to transport waste on weekdays from 10 pm to 7 am (weekends and holidays from 22:00 to 09:00). We apologize for the inconvenience and will try to ensure that such issues are not repeated in the future. “
Residents also complained at the beginning of the year: then they also woke up not to alarm clocks, but to garbage trucks, because sometimes they came to Santariškės very early to collect waste, at 3, 4 or 5 o’clock. of the night.
Read more here: Trash transportation and 3 hours. at night – Vilnius residents who don’t hate noise complain about carriers.
The municipality will not terminate the contract
The Vilnius Municipality claims that it does not have the possibility to terminate the contract with the carrier, as requested by the residents, although it admits that it has received several complaints.
“The municipal administration does not have the possibility to terminate the contract with the transporter because it does not adequately serve several district houses, because in the capital the transport of waste is carried out according to zones and bids are announced for the entire zone. Ekonovus transports waste from various areas. In recent months, there have been several complaints from neighbors about the noise caused by the Ekonovus company during waste collection, ”says the municipality.
The municipality does not have the possibility to terminate the contract with the transporter because it does not adequately serve several houses in the district, since in the capital waste transport is based on zones and bids are announced for the entire zone.
According to her, waste haulers cannot transport waste before 7 am on weekdays. in the morning, on weekends, only from 9 am.
“Since January. Complaints have decreased significantly, for example, there were 35 in January and 14 in August, so we can say that the situation is improving. However, after receiving complaints for violations of noise standards, we conducted a investigation, those responsible are punished and the carrier is again informed so that it complies with the noise prevention regulations in public places ”, states the Municipality of Vilnius.
Reminded of difficulties
Ramūnas Papinigis, Acting Director of the Vilnius Branch of Ekonovus, once again apologized to the residents of Santariškės for the inconvenience.
“In Vilnius, we are still faced with troublesome places where Ekonovus employees find it difficult to empty waste containers. These are blocked by cars or blocked accesses and our heavy vehicles have no access to them. As Santariškės is a district of the densely populated capital, we also face problems transporting waste in this part of the city.
Luke April / 15min photo / semi-underground container
Due to the difficult access to the containers, it often takes much longer than usual to empty them, causing delays and we do not comply with the established waste collection schedule. Not wanting to leave cluttered containers and in order to guarantee cleanliness and order in the city, we carry out additional waste shipments both in the morning and at night, not only during the week, but also on weekends ”, said R. Papinigis on the situation.
According to him, the issue of accumulated waste containers has been discussed several times with the Vilnius City Municipality and VASA. “Although residents are constantly informed and urged not to block access to containers, this issue is not yet fully resolved. We very much hope for understanding from Vilnius residents, because by cooperating together we can not only maintain order in the city. , but also guarantee the welfare of the population, ”said the acting head of the Ekonovus branch in Vilnius.
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