The decision of the Santo Domingo West municipality to relocate the Tour Eiffel tower replica that is installed in front of the Plaza de la Bandera to the Parque Las Caobas in western Santo Domingo is opposed by residents in the area. The residents expressed their concern it will become a gathering spot for people to drink and listen to loud music, ending the days of the peace and quiet in the neighborhood. The community organizations that have opposed the relocation site are: Unión Comunitaria de Las Caobas, Comunitarios Unidos por una Buena Causa, Casa de la Restauración Nuevo Pacto and the Comisión Nacional de Los Derechos Humanos de Las Caobas.
The groups suggested the Tour Eiffel be located in an area where it does not cause disruption. Instead of the residential neighborhood, they propose the replica be taken to the Km 9 of the Duarte Highway or the triangle that forms between the 6 de Noviembre Highway and the Isabel Aguiar and 27 de Febrero avenues.
Furthermore, the community spokespeople told the press that the money for the relocation would be better invested in the construction of a pedestrian overpass for students of the Politecnico Madre Rafaela Ibarra and Escuela Mario Moreno, to improve public lighting, to install surveillance cameras or repair the streets that connect Palavé, Bienvenido and Hato Nuevo.
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El Caribe
Listin Diario
1 March 2018
