Venice city authorities plan
to introduce new restrictions on the use of wheeled luggage in a
bid to reduce noise pollution in the lagoon city, local media
reported Thursday.
Under the plans, from May 2015 tourists will be allowed to
use only trolley bags sporting pneumatic casters, while the more
common and noisier plastic or solid rubber wheels will be
banned.
Infringement fines will range from 100 to 500 euros.
The new rules will not apply to city residents, however.
The measure comes in response to complaints by inhabitants
that the noise of tourists pulling luggage trolleys along
walkways and over canal bridges prevents them from sleeping at
night.
It is being sponsored by Venice Special Commissioner
Vittorio Zappalorto and should be included in new urban planning
and building regulations for the city.
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