Derfish is right. East from SPM there's no petrol station along the new highway until the Punta Cana area, three toll stations but no petrol station. There's a new station after the turnoff to Bayahibe, and the old Isla Gasolina on the old road towards Benerito. There's also a new station in Villa Hermosa for those taking the risk getting lost down there, still easier to get to than through La Romana. It used to be one Isla Gasolina before La Romana along the old road, but that was closed when the highway opened.
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Good business to get into
What do you mean, as in you can't or you shouldn't? I doubt you can't do it legally. I do believe there is a reason why the highways don't have many gas stations yet and it's not because nobody thought about it. For example Total having plans but waiting until the name change from the shell stations has taken place.
When I go to Punta Cana from Puerto Plata I go east from here for about 170 kilometers to get to Nagua, then south for 100 kilometers, and get off the toll road before the last toll booth, then east on Mello Highway. From the Texaco on said toll road until arriving at the airport in Punta Cana there are no visible gasoline stations. I am sure that there are some within a kilometer or 2 of the highway, but maybe a cheaper business to go into would be billboards. Contract with the stations unseen off the highway to put up a billboard or 2 for each one so people would know. From when one turns east off the toll road it says 177 kilometers to Punta Cana. I avoid Santo Domingo entirely. Cannot even see smog hovering over it from the route I use.
Der Fish
The gasoline business has price controls set by the government with a lot of competition so margins are very low and its a very shady mafia type bureaucratic labyrinth system of deception, backdoor deals, back stabbing, and double crossing. There are numerous ways to get ripped off from the tank truck drivers, refinery, employees, and customers. Without LOCAL experience or an insider you can trust (good luck with that too), I wouldn't touch this business.
absolutely!!! every culture has its own scams, and i would caution a foreigner about getting into this business.
What I don't get is how few gas stations don't have attached convenience stores. We have some huge new stations here, but only one or two that even sell coffee.
I remember a gas stsion for sale a few years back between cabarete and sosua, US $4 million.
I remember a gas stsion for sale a few years back between cabarete and sosua, US $4 million.
? Not really understanding that. "Mafia" protectionism is designed to provide exclusionary controls on high margin businesses. Can be outright illegal, or illegal abuse of legit businesses (unions, protection money, gambling, etc.)
Why would you need mafia-level deception for a heavily regulated business with razor-thin margins?
dont know about the competition for this business, but making bricks, pavers, adobe blocks, for driveways or building homes.
with the right size of land, and either importing the machinery, or make the old fashion way, by hand and mold. Its is an amazing
, labor intensive business , but I am sure there may be resources and a demand for this building product.
I would guess the Dominicans will be open to using something other than cement blocks and concrete.
with the right size of land, and either importing the machinery, or make the old fashion way, by hand and mold. Its is an amazing
, labor intensive business , but I am sure there may be resources and a demand for this building product.
I would guess the Dominicans will be open to using something other than cement blocks and concrete.
Concrete blocks are larger, therefore the structure gets put together faster than using a smaller product
If there are serious investment guys they can always partner with us in providing USA style internet services to business, CATV and hotels - no resi.