The Unit for Noise Pollution (Unidad de Atencion a Casos de Contaminacion Sonica) of the Province of Santo Domingo is an example for the rest of the country, reports Diario Libre today. The report highlights how authorities have gotten liquor stores, colmadones and bars and dance clubs to reduce noise pollution by enclosing their establishments in sound-reducing glass structures. The unit has closed down around 300 businesses, many in the popular Av. Venezuela area, and required them to considerably reduce noise as a condition to reopen. The owners of the businesses are now complaining of their high cost of electricity. Meanwhile, city area residents celebrate the measures.
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