Are you holding out on the current plan details? Sosua beach could hardly be a Punta Cana from the pictures I have seen of Punta Cana. It is just a fly speck in relative size to the massive resorts down south and those now planned for Pedernales. It it tiny in comparison to Playa Dorada, yet Sosua Beach, that dusty whore town's beach is about to change bigly in its own small way. Seems controversial.My brother-in-law is Lebanese, and so is Abinader, so, machatonim---jaja---we're related.
I don't disagree that steps could/should have been taken to adjust the gestalt in This Dusty Whore Town I Call Home. But what I've seen of the plans for Playa Sosua look like "Let's Make Another Punta Cana." And I actually am privy to the plans.
My professional background is in land use/sustainability/urban planning, and of course I'm wrong in trying to transfer that skill set to here. I know I'll be immediately hand-slapped/shut down by the DR-ones. Rock on. But still... I can't suppress these niggling reservations about the plans as presented. I know RD zoning is not NYC zoning. (Zoning in DR? ) But this little thing about the 6 meters from the water line....what do I know.
(That is a 60 meter mark from the ocean that is owned by the public. I am sure you just forgot the zero.)