Everybody praises new public transport projects like trains under construction in Santiago or subways in the capital.
Meantime every day roads crumble, water delivery gets worse and leaks are so numerous they can't be counted. The myth of 24/7 electricity is more elusive.
Now rumor has it the beach renovations in Sosua are out of money. The ridiculous boondoggle of absurd concrete cubicles next to Charamicos and near Playero may likely never be finished.
Meatime across the street from the Charamicos cubicles is a huge scar of excavation which was done just as the beach project got underway. It was allowed to excavate up to the edge of Los Cerros access road. Over time rain eroded the hillside and the storm drain pipe was undermined and it collapsed. Ever wonder why the road there is always over topped with mud?
Well shortly after the storm drain collapsed (still visible in the mud below) the Los Cerros road began eroding and with our recent weeks rains has collapsed and is no longer usable. An access road used by hundreds, including myself and neighbors daily has vanished.
The purpose of this huge excavation is unclear. Some say a strip mall, cheezy condos or a grand parking lot. However even though residents of Los Cerros, with several engineers and people with serious construction backgrounds warned the excavation would cause surrounding damage it continued. Oh yeah it was stopped for a short while because environmental permits were not pulled. But after a brief pause the right government ministers palms were greased and the permit was issued and work resumed.
Will the land owner of the excavation or the contractor who did the excavation take responsibility? Hell no. Will the Sosua Ayudamiento or Mayor Willie get involved. No they all want to bury their heads because the land owner is a wealthy man who owns a lot of land running along the road opposite Sosua Beach.
If you are an investor in the DR just take caution. Nothing ever gets repaired properly and none of the agencies really cares. Your neighborhood will eventually be affected by this sloppy lack of oversight and responsibility.
Meantime every day roads crumble, water delivery gets worse and leaks are so numerous they can't be counted. The myth of 24/7 electricity is more elusive.
Now rumor has it the beach renovations in Sosua are out of money. The ridiculous boondoggle of absurd concrete cubicles next to Charamicos and near Playero may likely never be finished.
Meatime across the street from the Charamicos cubicles is a huge scar of excavation which was done just as the beach project got underway. It was allowed to excavate up to the edge of Los Cerros access road. Over time rain eroded the hillside and the storm drain pipe was undermined and it collapsed. Ever wonder why the road there is always over topped with mud?
Well shortly after the storm drain collapsed (still visible in the mud below) the Los Cerros road began eroding and with our recent weeks rains has collapsed and is no longer usable. An access road used by hundreds, including myself and neighbors daily has vanished.
The purpose of this huge excavation is unclear. Some say a strip mall, cheezy condos or a grand parking lot. However even though residents of Los Cerros, with several engineers and people with serious construction backgrounds warned the excavation would cause surrounding damage it continued. Oh yeah it was stopped for a short while because environmental permits were not pulled. But after a brief pause the right government ministers palms were greased and the permit was issued and work resumed.
Will the land owner of the excavation or the contractor who did the excavation take responsibility? Hell no. Will the Sosua Ayudamiento or Mayor Willie get involved. No they all want to bury their heads because the land owner is a wealthy man who owns a lot of land running along the road opposite Sosua Beach.
If you are an investor in the DR just take caution. Nothing ever gets repaired properly and none of the agencies really cares. Your neighborhood will eventually be affected by this sloppy lack of oversight and responsibility.
