The hidden flaws no one tells you about
If your house sits lower than the sewer line, you will need to pump wastewater for life. A letter that puts numbers — and a human face — to the unfair burden dozens of households will suffer.
LATEST FEATURED ARTICLES
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Political analysis
X-ray of a project with no democratic legitimacy
Why Santa Maria de l’Avall stands on the brink of an unprecedented institutional conflict. Minimum participation, million-euro figures and decisions made behind the community’s back.
Citizen report
If there are more options, why push for such an oversized project?
A resident’s briefing on EU regulations, real costs, risks, and legal alternatives to the sewer system. A letter that dismantles the idea that “there is no other option”.
Testimony
A project that threatens to break our lives
We cannot allow our neighbourhood to be subjected once again to years of construction. A letter giving voice to daily fear and an uncertain economic future.
Political opinion
Two oligarchies and an opportunity
Two oligarchies negotiating among themselves while the residents are ignored. 100 votes for 15 neighbourhoods represent 3,000 votes. A blunt reflection on representation — and the opportunity for change.
Neighbourhood chronicle
The works that open trenches… and cracks in our community
In Santa Maria de l’Avall something has been broken for a long time. A deeply human look at how a technical project can fracture neighbourhood peace and trust.
Want to read all letters?
This blog includes only a selection of the most relevant and useful articles. If you want to explore all opinions, reflections, and testimonies, visit the full Readers’ Letters section.
How this blog will work
As new texts arrive, this space will only be updated with the clearest, most useful and widely-shared articles. The goal is not to have many — but to have the ones that better help protect our neighbours.
In the future, you’ll be able to suggest which articles should be featured here.
For now, we begin with these six that are already shaping the conversation in the community.