Uncontrolled visual pollution: that is what billboards, signs in general and, especially, the recently arrived billboards bring. It is enough to open our eyes to the visual contamination that they bring everywhere, to realize the indiscriminate way in which they invade our wonderful landscapes, our spaces of sky and countryside.
From Tribu, for example, a glance at the horizon is enough to discover the paradise in which we live. The view from the front balcony allows us to glimpse San José to the east, the Alto de las Palomas, the Santa Ana mountains in front, the Pacific horizon and hills everywhere. However, just a few days ago, an invasive and polluting Epa sign was erected on the Gol project, to demonstrate unequivocally how fences have the ability to litter the natural landscape.
In our prosperous and promising front street, that is, the radial Santa Ana – Belén, we must pay attention, as we must do in the whole country. What grows faster is the sign, the publitapia, the fence and so much more, as signs of disorderly growth, bad taste, excessive ornamentation and collective polada, even in areas of supposed good taste.
Do the country’s authorities intend to control and regulate this disaster? If garbage is not thrown in the streets and there are certain conditions to get rid of it, is it not time to consider what to do with the visual garbage to which all these added elements expose us? We need regulation, because it is clear that there will be no self-regulation.
I will provide photographs later to support these arguments. In the meantime, I pledge to initiate an effort with surrounding municipalities, promote ordinances and get some modeling action. We deserve the fate of other countries and cities around the world that have limited or eliminated the commercial pollution to which we are now exposed without restriction.
