The secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League, Johnny Jones proposes a public-private effort to relocate large industries outside of areas with dense residential populations to take advantage of the new Circunvalacion de Santo Domingo. He proposes relocating industries to land that has good access to the Santo Domingo bypass road that was built to get the big freight trucks out of the city of Santo Domingo.
The new road opens up large areas where industries could be relocated. He favored the government moving the companies to State Sugar Council (CEA) land that is located alongside the Circunvalacion Norte in exchange for the land where the factories are located in the center of the city. He said many of the industries that have been engulfed by urban sprawl are time bombs. He said if this were to occur, human settlements in the environs this time should be completely prohibited.
A recent explosion caused by a natural gas leakage at the Polyplas factory resulted in nine dead and around 100 injured, and over 25 homes seriously damaged.
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Red Noticias
19 December 2018
