OnThursdaythecitycouncilinBergendiscussaproposaltobanstreetmusicTorgallminningen.
“BuskersarenotpermittedtoactonTorgallminningenand10metersintotheadjacentsidestreets,”accordingtoanotefromGreenEtat.
-Ifsuchathingisgoingthrough,itisveryserioustome.Thisisthemainincomemin.ThenitgoeswithoutsayingthatI’mworried,saidstreetmusicianRichAlexanderBTlastweek.
Nowalsoreactslawyersandpoliticians.-TocleanseTorgallminningenforbuskersisillegal.Thepolicehavenoauthoritytoissuegeneralpenaltyrulesonperformanceofmusicincertainpublicplaces.ItseemsthatcouncilsandpolicehaveaplantosecuretheGypsyandjunkie-freestreetsbydrawingupmapsandprohibitgroupsstaythere,whichofcourseisnoauthorityinthePoliceActorotherwise,sayslawyerBengtWaldowtoBT.
-ThecitycouncilcannotgetovertheParliamentandthepoliceandIwonderhowGreenEtatplantoachieveit.ThequestionbelongsinParliament,headded.
CommissionerEilerMacodyLund(FRP)willnotcommentoninitiative.
-IneedtodiscussthiswithGreenEtatandcomebackwithananswer,hesaid.
SondreBåtstrandintheGreenPartydemandsthatthematterbedealtwithbytheCityCouncil.
-Ifwearetohavestreetmusiciansinthemostcentralurbanspaceisanissueoffundamentalimportance,andthenthemattershallbeconsideredbythecity’stoppoliticalbody.It’saboutwhatexpressionsweletupinthepublicspace,saysBåtstrand.
-WewillofcoursediscussthisissueincitycouncilonThursday.Beyondthat,Ihavenocomment.We’llwaitandsee,sayscommissionerEilerMacodyLund.
Theproposalthatthecouncilnowwilldecide,accordingmunicipality”manyinquiriesfromthepublicregardingnoise.”
Insummersent”PeatAlmenbasisfromWell”,anassociationofhomeownersandbusinessesonTorgallmenning,acomplaint.
CompaniesSundt,fastfoodplacesMcDonald’sandDollyDimplesandmorehotelsareintheassociation.
-Personally,Ithinkatotalbanisgoingwellfar.Buttheregulationsmustbeinsisted.Ithasattimesbeentoomuchandtoopoorcontrolofthemusicthathasbeenthere,saysbusinessmanagerandcontactperson,ArneStoretvedt.
Thecitycouncilisthusagreesandhasdesignedamapofwhereitisnotallowedtoplay.TheareacoversmainlywholeTorgallmenning,fromSeamanMonumenttothebluestone,andpartsofthesidestreetsalong.
Themusicisperceivedasannoyingforthosewhoarenear,saidcommissionerMacodyLundlastweek.
-Wehavereceivedcountlessinquiries,questionsandrequestsfrombusinessesandneighborstobanstreetmusicinthisarea.It’stiring,noisyandmakesitdifficultforthemtobethere,hesaid.
Buskerswillstillbeabletoplayanywhereelseinthecitycenterwithoutapplication.Onlythepolicecanexpelstreetmusicians,butGreenEtatalsowanttheopportunitytoaskthemtomove.
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