Massive noise pollution

Truck nuisance: citizens feel left in the lurch

Heavy traffic from Slovenia has been rolling along the Lavamünder Straße for years, robbing residents of their sleep.(Bild: Grillitsch)

The Ruden citizens' initiative has been fighting for years for noise protection and greater road safety. Despite the ban on night-time driving, heavy goods vehicles continue to roll through Lavamünd.

Hundreds of signatures have been collected and noise measurements have revealed massive exceedances: The struggle of the Ruden citizens' initiative, which has been fighting for five years for noise protection measures and more traffic safety on the Lavamünd main road, has apparently been in vain so far.

"We no longer understand the world! All the heavy traffic rolls from Slovenia via Lavamünd and past us in the direction of the highway," says BI spokesman Wolfgang Grillitsch. Even the ban on night-time driving in Lavamünd is apparently simply ignored by the foreign hauliers. "The local hauliers abide by the law. We now feel let down by the authorities," complains Grillitsch.

We support the citizens as much as possible. The main problem at the moment is the heavy traffic coming from Slovenia.

Rudolf Skorjanz, Bürgermeister, Ruden

Noise measurements have shown that the level has been exceeded by nine decibels. Grillitsch: "We don't understand why no help is coming from the state." Even a speed limit of 50 km/h could enable the residents of Eis bei Ruden, Wunderstätten, St. Radegund and St. Nikolai to sleep peacefully again. According to Martin Gruber, Vice Provincial Minister, measures to improve the situation of the affected residents are being developed within the scope of responsibility.