Puerto Plata Mayor announces advances on city dump
The Mayor of Puerto Plata Walter Musa announced that the central government has committed to provide RD$550 million for the purchase of land beside the Puerto Plata waste dump for the construction of a garbage recycling plant. He said President Danilo Medina authorized him to make the announcement. He said the project will be executed as part of an agreement between the Ministry of Tourism and the city government. He said the property had not been purchased previously because they had not reached an agreement with the owners.
Recently, Puerto Plata senator Jose Ignacio Paliza had urged a solution to the waste dump saying that it was endangering the advances made in tourism development in the area. Recently, a Carnival Cruise ship with more than 5,000 tourists aboard did not dock at the port. The reason given was technical reasons.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Aug 20, 2018
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