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Sosúa Beach Renovations
That's pretty much the DR standard.
The work performed more than often not creates more problems than resolution
The Beach/ Sand cant be Sold .. the "Land" from 60 meters back Can be sold ..
Im Curious, what is your actual question here ,and with the who are "they" ?
I saw this Short video ,before it was taken down.. I can still see it in a Message on my Iphone though but the FB link is deadVideo
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Sosua beach today
Its actually MUCH WORSE than you can even imagine .. like a 5- 10 Foot Deep new RIVER Carved into the Beach ..
Posters keep referring to they when talking about the beach shacks. Who are they?
Correct. Land in the 60 meter setback can't be sold. Some of the land that the casetas are on are private property and not in the 60 meter set back.
And How sad is that ,, that us Armchair Monday Morning Quarterbacks predicted this and the ENGINEERS who do this ISHT for a Living did not have a Clue ? . How is that even possible ?
I just saw this post from the parking lot on the other side of the new plaza. It's a mess.
This may be the "they". Interesting read. It's undated.
That photo must be taken from above the hill that they carved out, isn't it? I think you can see the road up the hill on the left - the road that Chico Bill predicts (probably rightly) is going to disappear one day.
Yes. They are saying the road to the left is about to wash out.
It's absolutely astonishing! And there are those here who like to mock DR1 "experts". We do have some very knowledgeable members here and this proves it.
I always thought carving out that hill like that was a huge mistake. It should have never been approved.
The story I heard (years ago, no idea if it was true). . . .
A General “acquired” the land behind the Beach.
He eventually past away and the widow inherited it.
She collected Rent..... It was like a pension for her.
Then. . . . The “Government” started to strong arm her. She sold.
Also...
Many decades ago (maybe more than a 100 years ago) the road through the Beach was the North Coast Highway. Thus the Government already owns that part. This used to be (in Canada anyway) 50 feet wide.
If the Government proclaimed it needed to widen the road to 100 feet.... I'm guessing they could.
Also... at the Charamico entrance... I have see the Railway tracks that were embedded in the concrete of the road. So... it used to be part of the Fruit Companies Railway system in 1890's... maybe they own it?
A General “acquired” the land behind the Beach.
He eventually past away and the widow inherited it.
She collected Rent..... It was like a pension for her.
Then. . . . The “Government” started to strong arm her. She sold.
Also...
Many decades ago (maybe more than a 100 years ago) the road through the Beach was the North Coast Highway. Thus the Government already owns that part. This used to be (in Canada anyway) 50 feet wide.
If the Government proclaimed it needed to widen the road to 100 feet.... I'm guessing they could.
Also... at the Charamico entrance... I have see the Railway tracks that were embedded in the concrete of the road. So... it used to be part of the Fruit Companies Railway system in 1890's... maybe they own it?
It's a long story that was never realized. The merchant's association along with the mayor (Ilana) and her council had a dream to make Pedro Clisante mirror a street in Miami. Cobble stone street, palm trees and closed to traffic. Pushing the prostitutes further down the street. Well, they got as far as new sidewalks and replacing the beautiful trees with palms. The street was closed for nine months and then reopened. The plan failed because of lack of planning and necessary funds. That's what happened in a nutshell. There's much more, but that would be conversation over coffee.
The plazas are to appease the cruise lines. That's where the money is.
Many cruise tourists go daily. Grab a chair near the parking lot part of the beach and around 11am you'll see them bussed in and walking the beach to board one of the boats. I forget the name of the double decker boat "King" something.
I've seen this a few times in the past with the heavy rains. Nothing to do with anything going on at the beach.
I can't think of any cobble stone streets in Miami, but Miami, and many other cities, value their shade trees. Miami is replacing palm trees with shade trees and even require a shade tree for every certain amount of square feet in a parking lot. Cutting down those shade trees on PC was about as dumb as you can get.