Her concern is not only the noise. She is also closely watching what is happening to local businesses, which she sees facing work that will continue for months. "The shops, poor things," she says after speaking to one of the area's bakers, who has already admitted that she is feeling the consequences. That is why Angelines is following with interest the special Volveremos campaign that Zaragoza City Council has prepared for businesses located on the affected streets.
A STREET THAT, IN HER VIEW, NEEDED THE WORK
Despite the inconvenience, Angelines believes Doctor Iranzo needed the work. One of the problems she remembers is related to the drainage grates, which "are almost always full of leaves" and cause the street to flood when it rains, making it difficult to get through. She also expects to benefit from the wider pavements: "it will be easier to walk along the pavement," she says.
The other side of the project involves traffic and, especially, parking. This resident acknowledges that it is one of the changes residents have had to deal with most. She and her husband have a garage on another street, but access has also become more complicated for now: "you have to enter the wrong way, via the street where it is prohibited, leave through here, and so on."
"It's six months," she says at first, although she quickly revises that estimate and accepts that the disruption could last longer. The question is whether, once the work is finished, it will have been worth it. Angelines responds cautiously, as someone still living with barriers, noise and diversions: "It is supposed to be." For now, all she can do is wait for the machinery to give way to the street with more trees, benches and wider pavements that she imagines from her window.
