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Sosúa Beach Renovations
Super busy in town tonight.
Just returned home tonight and Bar central was full and City lights was mostly full. Drinking tonight so what do I know.
Careful, this thread is about the beach, not the rest of Sosua. Perhaps start a thread on Ahnvee being in trouble?
Anything come of yesterday's protest by the Sosua Beach Workers Union?
Danny's video update showing the vendors closed yeat again to protest the beach construction yet again at the one new plaza (so far), the protest march, etc:
It accomplished nothing other than they made zero money that day.
It accomplished nothing other than they made zero money that day.
Looking at the video, I can't believe that after all this time, that is ALL the construction that has been done! Plus, there were architectural plan drawing posted here in this forum and the plaza site in the plan looked MUCH bigger than what I see in the video(?).
Maybe some of the money is disappearing? How much did the government say they were injecting?
I sure don't see how anywhere near $RD600 million could be spent on that tiny looking site I see in the video(?).
Collado announces investment of RD$600 million to regenerate Sosúa beach
<p>The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that the award has already been made after the rigorous tenders to undertake the regeneration of Sosúa beach, which entails a millionaire investment. He assured that in the next few days, the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, would...
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The place has looked run down and decrepit for years. Some people like it that way.
Time will tell what happens after the shacks are all gone., the plaza(s) are built and the 300 parking spots are available.
Collado (aka Mr. Selfie) has a decent track record of following thru and getting things done so I wouldn't bet against him just yet.
They might be dragging their feet on purpose so to bleed out the die hard vendors. They (local gov) could also be looking at different ways to steal the money while moving at a snail's pace.
That video only shows a small parcel of the actual land being re worked for that part of the project
This was his update 3 months ago
If this it the entire project then less they are only looking at a very small number of shacks that would be affected which leads one to believe there is more to it if they are going to remove all of the shacks. But the reality also is that there are more shacks there then are needed to service the customers that utilize the beach. All you really need is a few places and some waitstaff to bring it to you. Or perhaps a few mobile coolers working there way up and down the beach.
And seriously your surprised at how slow the progress is.
Remember this is the DR where nothing gets done quickly
Whatever eventually happens with this project will likely take years to complete if ever.
Just look up to the road behind this project. How long did that sidewalk from Charamicos to Sosua take. That little project was a multi year endeavor.
Nobody other than the government knows what is really going to happen hear.
But you can pretty much be assured that what the beach vendors think will happen and where it actually ends up will be 2 very different things
Hey, They budget for a big project at 600m, now they're doing a small project for 600m. That's my logic.
The site does look bigger in the video you posted but in the new one all I see that has been done is that they have pushed some dirt around. Other than the equipment operators, I only saw four workers - on a $RD600 million project. I've seen more workers than that building a house.
I live here and have been for a long time. I well know how long things can take. It took Sosua over a year just to build that simple sign marquee with the letters "SOSUA".
600 million RD is just propaganda and makes it all look good
What actually gets spent in the actual construction of the Plaza or Plaza's will be a fraction of that
They announced a 400 million RD project to do essentially the same thing.
That announcement came in 2013
RD$400 Million For Sosua Beach Renovation?
From today's Sosua News: The Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia announced that for the restructuring of the bay of the resort town Sos?a the government has made four hundred million pesos available. According to Mayor Ilana Neumann of Sos?a good agreements have been made with all...
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I am looking forward to the thread in 2033 that announces the new beach project. With inflation that project should be well over 1 billion RD
Maybe they will include a hospital with that project.
