So I agree that the work they carry out is just stupid... I now realize that I may be promoting living in NC as even though we visit Cabarete, that's like 1-3 a year tops... Other than that, my NC equals the city of POP and what's between POP and Santiago... Nevertheless, it is part of the NC area and the largest city in the north... I also agree that as many expats and others may be looking into Cabarete and even further to live in NC, threads such as this are good to keep in mind... That's definitely incompetent what they are doing...
Perhaps, once the supposed autopista is opened (if it is?), things change?
The alleged Amber Highway to shorten the distance and time from the Gran Parada to Santiago.
The started and abandoned Cabarete Bypass,
The limitations of Janets, Pola and Playero for food shopping
CMC love it or hate it and go to Bournigal, HOMS, etc..
The mentioned plans for the widening of Route 5 to 4 lanes from Puerto Plata through Cabarete....
The destruction of the squalor on Sosua Beach to be replaced by modern plazas sometime in the next lifetime at current pace
The incompetence of Edenorte
The incompetence of CORAAPPLATA
The already too high traffic that is getting worse as more of the dozens of projects are sold
I am sure others can add more as to why nobody should ever again move to the north coast.
The government cares about AI Resorts, Cruise Ports and Haiti... The north coast between POP and Gaspar Hernandez, not so much.