As the city comes back to post-lockdown life, noise complaints have returned. Mérida officials have sanctioned 15 restaurants and bars and 10 other businesses since January for ignoring warnings about excessive noise, said Federico Sauri Molina, head of the department of urban development. Businesses can be forced to close between two and three weeks for…
The following was translated from an opinion piece published Thursday, Dec. 17 in La Jornada Maya: By Hugo Michel Merida has not been so quiet at night since the curfew was imposed. There are no more cars, motorcycles, trucks, horns that cause noise and prevent having quiet nights. Unfortunately one remains, irreducible, permanent, penetrating, which…
The constant, headache-inducing engine noise from an expanded flour plant is under investigation by Mérida city government. Harinas del Sureste, operated by Grupo CMG, has been the source of irritation for neighbors three to four blocks away since it upgraded its equipment and more than doubled capacity in 2018. On the eastern edge of the…
Mérida, Yucatán — It sounds like jets getting ready to take off, but it’s actually the sound of flour being processed on Calle 52. The flour mill’s roar can be heard almost to the Paseo de Montejo, three blocks away, and after more than two years neighbors have had enough. Harinas del Sureste unveiled its…
Decreasing coronavirus infections and the Hanal Pixan holiday weekend appear to have combined to bring back an issue that until now appeared dormant. Noise. Complaints about excessive party noises have been increasingly common on social media. It’s the sign of Merida’s high-season awakening. Tourists also appear to be returning, at least on weekends. A tour…
A Cuban dance school in the Miguel Alemán neighborhood is covered with red stickers, shut down by authorities for excessive noise that kept neighbors up while teachers gave late-night salsa lessons. Dance schools are also among the businesses not allowed to operate under coronavirus contingencies. This school not only stayed open, but operated at irregular…
One of the most important lessons from the pandemic is the importance of public health, and how our own behavior is a factor in preventing or spreading illness. That’s the message from Todos Somos Merida, whose anti-noise campaign targeted the very nightclubs and bars that disappeared early on during the coronavirus lockdown. This unprecedented crisis…
El Dzalbay, one of Merida’s popular bars, was shut down last week for playing music at a volume that exceeds the law. Reactions definitely came from two different mindsets. Some of Merida’s citizenry are saying that the Centro should not be zoned residential, and those who live there should either put up with the noise…
The city’s crackdown on noise has snared a popular expat cantina, El Dzalbay.
In December, only two citizen complaints were filed, said the Director of Urban Development.
Merida, Yucatan — Continuing a campaign against noise pollution, city authorities are collaborating with the Autonomous University of Yucatan. UADY will design, build and install a technical system that translates into English as “Intelligent Digital Dome: Monitoring of Environmental Noise in the Historic Center of Mérida.” A system of 25 wireless and energy-independent noise-monitoring devices…
Merida, Yucatan — Noise problems continue in several neighborhoods despite new regulations. Residents met with Urban Development department officials Thursday morning to file a series of noise complaints, saying municipal officials aren’t enforcing the regulations. The new measures limit the decibel level and hour of the day businesses, and even private homes, can generate noise…
(Updated to reflect details of the anti-noise regulations.) Merida, Yucatan — Long-awaited noise regulations have been passed by city council, and they will go into effect in one month. The regulations establish decibel levels, time limits and sound proofing. Fines for violators range from 8,000 to 2 million pesos, with the higher amount reserved for…
The giant flour mill plant has loomed over the neighborhood north of La Plancha for years. It was never much to look at, but it didn’t bother many people either.
Merida, Yucatan — The city has missed its self-imposed deadline, again, to pass noise restrictions to protect Centro Historico residents. Authorities had promised to move into discussion in the Cabildo by mid-May. The previous administration also punted after promising noise regulations, allowing residents and a recent influx of nightclubs to coexist. Sound-proofing and restrictions on…
City officials continue to tread cautiously in their attempt to mitigate noise pollution in the Centro.
Long-promised noise regulations are coming to the Centro Historico next week, said Mayor Renán Barrera Concha.
Merida, Yucatan — Within the first six months of 2019, the Centro Historico will be under the watch of a city-run Management Office. That’s the promise from Mayor Renán Barrera Concha, who has promised residents a more tranquil downtown. The Oficina de Gestión para la Gerencia del Centro Histórico de Mérida is expected to be in…
The Directorate of Urban Development of the City of Mérida last week closed, for the third time, a boisterous Centro Histórico nightclub.
The Fifth District Court suspended the amparo process requested by residents living near loud Centro cantinas, questioning if the complainants really lived near the nightclubs.
Noise regulations remain a list of promises to be kept before the current administration hands over the keys to the Municipal Palace to the incoming administration on Sept. 1.
Yucatán seems to thrive on loud music, television and radio.
Solving the noise problem in the Centro is not so easy, an acoustics expert says.
Residents in the Centro Histórico denounced weekend vandalism aimed at the ongoing anti-noise protest.
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