bird lice and human lice are species specific, and in any case you still can't really see them so visibly with the naked eye. could just be some other kind of pest that was attracted to the mess of the nests.
Um they do know that we USED to have trains, trains that worked, trains that ran on time, trains that were clean and cheap and pleasure to use. However .... trucks are faster and everyone wants their stuff yesterday. So road tookover from train for freight and the trains died. That isn't going...
If there are thousands of them in dark places, then it is probably bed bugs. Not too much else it could be. They are an absolute pain to get rid of. You have to strip every piece of furniture, fabric, carpet and curtain out of the place and get it out in direct sunlight at very least. Wash...
ALL government departments and municipalities do this. And even if, by some miracle, they actual do inform people ahead of time etc, they just ignore the public input anyway. There is no such thing as public participation in any kind of meaningful way at any level of government in SA.