Cap Cana Group has confirmed via a paid for advertisement that they are in total compliance with the regulations of the Ministry of Tourism in respect of the maximum number of floors for projects in beach areas.
The Cap Cana Group stated that the law says construction should not be within 60 meters of the high tide level and they allow a 100-meter fringe. They explain that the Cap Cana towers are not on the beach but between 1,000 to 1,400 meters from the beach. They highlight that this is the same distance as the Presidential Palace is from the sea or the Hotel Embajador.
The paid advertisement says that the construction of the new towers will not mean an increase in density, but rather a “vertical regrouping of the already authorized density.” The developers say this will allow for more green and recreational areas to be enjoyed by those purchasing the property.
Cap Cana Group says that as far as they are aware all permissions for the construction have been issued by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Environment and it had complied with all of the processes.
Cap Cana Group argues that the construction of the towers is a way to achieve the goal of 10 million tourists stated by President Danilo Medina at the start of his first government in 2012.
The statement was made in response to complaints by tourism experts and the National Hotel & Tourism Association, the Association of Tourism Developments in the East, on the authorization of construction of buildings taller than four floors (17.5 meters) in the east of the country, near the beach. Cap Cana already has the highest standing resort in the Punta Cana area, the Secrets Punta Cana. Asonahores says the authorization violates the low density model established in the land use plans for the area.
In December 2017, the Ministry of Tourism authorized the construction of high rises in the Cap Cana and Macao beach area developments. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia has not been available to the press for commenting on the matter.
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Diario Libre
9 January 2018
