Government has plans to open more parking garages

[Dolores]

There is a little-known entity called Park T-RD, running a program called the National Plan for the Construction of Public Use Parking [Garages], some of which are from 60% to 70% finished, Diario Libre reports.

Obviously, the end game for such a project is to ease traffic congestion in such places as Santo Domingo, and to a lesser extent Santiago, San Francisco de Macoris, and San Cristobal.

The overall plan is to build 16 parking garages, but the initial step is to build just eight.

Some have been finished, such as the one at Atarazana in the Colonial Zone, and the one near the Palace of Justice in East Santo Domingo which is really close to being finished.

Down in the area of the Feria, near the old Indrhi building, they are building another one that is getting near completion. That one is going to have seven levels and is about 70% completed according to the head of the...

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[windeguy]

They could use some in Sosua and Cabarete, of course that will never be discussed or done.

 

[chico bill]

Can they build them faster than they build buildings with no off-street parking available or sell imported cars and motos

 

[JD Jones]

I wonder if these could be classified as infrastructure projects?

 

[CristoRey]

They need to put a annual cap on vehicle imports into this country.
We're on half an island for crying out loud.

 

[JD Jones]

They need to put a annual cap on vehicle imports into this country.
We're on half an island for crying out loud.

I agree, but how would you do it?

 

[CristoRey]

I agree, but how would you do it?

Where there's a will there's a way. Honestly I don't know enough about the vehicle import process but with them being such a large item, it would make sense they could hammer out a solution.

 

[JD Jones]

Where there's a will there's a way. Honestly I don't know enough about the vehicle import process but with them being such a large item, it would make sense they could hammer out a solution.

Back in the eighties, they had a prohibition on importing vehicles for a while.

The problem with that is you lose the income from new car taxes.

 

[CristoRey]

Back in the eighties, they had a prohibition on importing vehicles for a while.

The problem with that is you lose the income from new car taxes.

This problem could easily be offset if the Chamber of Accounts was allowed to do their
job free and clear of any outside "influence" or interference from powerful people.