Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, said that Cap Cana developers had requested permission to build high rises of 30 floors, and Macao developers had requested permission to build 45 floors. Both were authorized to build 22 floors. Speaking when interviewed by journalists during the FITUR trade show in Madrid, Garcia said this is authorized by the Land Plan for the area.
A meeting with directors of the National Tourism & Hotel Association is pending on the authorizations. Asonahores president, Joel Santos, has said the authorization changes the successful Dominican low rise model that authorized a maximum of five floors. In the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Tourism earlier authorized high rises for Juan Dolio and many of these have become eyesores after being abandoned by the developers.
Asonahores has requested that the Ministry take into consideration that Resolution No. 07-2012 that established that the land use, including building limitations for Punta Cana, Bavaro and Macao beach stretches, an area of over 60 km of beaches, would be in effect for 10 years.
Asonahores also says that the dispositions also violates various articles, including Article 30, in Law 107-13 that refers to the rights of persons in their relations with the government and administrative procedures. This article declares that all rulings and programs of public administration must be the result of a transparent and participatory procedure that Asonahores says has not been met in terms of the changes that are now known. Asonahores says a public hearing or discussion was not called.
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22 January 2018
