According to Allard Stamm, the project manager for the Puerto Plata Cruise Port Development Company (PPC), the removal of the Smith Enron power plant is not a requirement for the construction of the cruise ship port. ?The ideal situation is that all generator plants in the area of Puerto Plata be removed,? he told DR1 Travel News. But, he said that from a pragmatic standpoint, their efforts are concentrated on negotiating a strategy for the relocation of those located at the peninsula of the Malec?n ? EGE/Haina and CEPP.
The removal of these specific plants is a requirement for the start of the project, Stamm explained.
?It is not the PPC that is demanding that the plants be removed. Rather it is the cruise lines that say this is a minimal condition to ensure that the cruise ship port is successful,? he said.
While the presidential decree authorizing the construction of the port is being celebrated, Stamm feels that the real festivity should begin only when the obstacle of the power plants has been overcome.