Middelkerke mayor tells Westende-Bad residents to move over beach-bar noise complaints

dhnet.be (French)

Middelkerke's mayor Jean-Marie Dedecker dismisses noise complaints about beach bars, telling unhappy residents and second-home owners to move elsewhere. The municipal council voted to raise the permitted sound level from 55 to 75 decibels. Bars close at 9 p.m., with ten summer exceptions allowing midnight closing and a 95-decibel limit, on dates like July 21 and August 15. A resident regrets losing Westende-Bad's former family-friendly calm. Dedecker notes 23,000 secondary residences and eight bars on one kilometer of seawall, stressing seven other kilometers remain quiet.


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