Errenteria to Present Updated Sound Environment Improvement Plan to Citizens

The City Council will hold an open session on Tuesday, May 12, to explain noise reduction measures and gather resident proposals.

A microphone on a podium in a municipal meeting room.
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A microphone on a podium in a municipal meeting room.

The Errenteria City Council has scheduled an open session for Tuesday, May 12, at 6:30 PM, to present the updated Sound Environment Improvement Plan and collect public concerns and proposals regarding noise pollution.

The meeting will take place in the Reina Hall, located on Xenpelar Street, and will serve both to explain the document's content and to gather residents' concerns and suggestions related to noise pollution in the municipality.
The meeting is aimed at all individuals interested in learning firsthand about the planned actions to improve the acoustic quality of the municipality and participating in the definition of future measures.
The City Council explained that the process begins with the update of Errenteria's noise map, a technical effort aimed at evaluating the municipality's acoustic situation, determining sound quality indicators, and establishing tools to improve urban noise management.
These works were awarded to AAC Centro de Acústica Aplicada, a company specializing in acoustic studies. The company has already completed the study for the new noise map, and its results have been previously shared with the public.
Based on this analysis, the draft of the new Errenteria Sound Environment Improvement Plan for the period 2026-2031 has been prepared. The document includes various actions aimed at reducing noise pollution and improving the quality of life for citizens. The Consistory emphasizes that this plan seeks to become the roadmap for actions to be developed in both the short and medium term to move towards a healthier urban environment from an acoustic perspective.
The City Council also considers citizen participation fundamental in the document's preparation process. Therefore, the draft is already available on the municipal Environment website, and Tuesday's session will open a direct dialogue space between technical managers, municipal representatives, and citizens.
The plan's update is also part of the obligations established by state and regional regulations on acoustic quality. In Spain, legislation related to the preparation of noise maps and acoustic quality objectives came into force in 2007, while in the Basque Autonomous Community, it began to be applied in 2013.