Government starts building the Nagua promenade

[Dolores]

President Luis Abinader was in Nagua over the weekend to announce the start of the construction of the Nagua boardwalk and seawall and meet with the community. The works are expected to take a year and a half.

Work has begun on the construction of the Malecon at a cost of approximately RD$2.7 billion. The boardwalk is intended to serve as coastal protection, and as a tourist and recreation attraction in the northeastern city.

The Nagua Malecon will be 3.5 km long. It will have a height of up to four meters. Wave breakers will be installed to protect Nagua residents from rising waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

The infrastructure works include a pier for fishermen and their boats and a marina for private luxury boats. A heliport is included, too.

The Nagua beach will be conditioned with children’s recreational areas, fitness areas, food areas, and an...

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[drstock]

All sounds good to me. I think Nagua has a lot of potential for tourism and the proposed bypass is desperately needed. I hope it is more successful than the Cabarete "ghost" bypass.

 

[USA DOC]

Wouldnt getting the tourists back first and opening the hotels they already have .... be a better idea that developing new tourist areas?...........

 

[CristoRey]

"a marina for private luxury boats. A heliport is included, too"

I used to live just south of Nagua in M.T.Sanchez Province.
No way will people be pulling up in luxury boats, that coast
is rough. Indeed this area of the country is one of the poorest and
those people have a laundry list of problems this administration
needs to address but a marina for private luxury boats and a heliport
aint one of them.