Hoteliers objecting to Soller noise bylaw

The hoteliers maintain that the bylaw represents a return to times in the past and doesn't take into account the specific nature of the municipality or its tourism character. The draft as it stands, they say, was written because constructors had rejected an earlier version, and it doesn't contain justifiable limitations placed on the use of certain types of machinery during the summer months. Specifically, there aren't set hours when this machinery can be used.

The town hall should, therefore, determine what type of machinery can have limited use in summer, such as pneumatic drills and compressors. The list of machinery was included in the earlier version but was withdrawn at the request of the builders' association.