El Caribe reports that the municipal council for Santo Domingo North has opened bidding for a new administration to invest US$100 million in the cleanup of the Duquesa landfill waste disposal area. The new environmental laws require a much-needed modernization of the facility, which receives 3,200 metric tons of waste every day. While the site has many urgent needs, it also has a sizeable income from Santo Domingo West, Santo Domingo East and Boca Chica, municipalities which each have to pay RD$550,000 per month for waste disposal service.
US Federal Aviation Agency inspectors have conditioned their giving green light for flights into the new La Isabela International Airport to the closing of the nearby dump that attracts hundreds of birds to the area.