President Luis Abinader and Santo Domingo Mayor Carolina Mejia attended the opening of the Cristo Park, the new green space built on top what was a polluted gully on the north end of Tiradentes Avenue near Isabela River. The park is a plus for more than 300,000 who live in the Cristo Rey, Ensanche La Fe, and nearby La Agustina, Barrio Obrero, La Puya and Arroyo Hondo neighborhoods.
The wastewater course was cleaned and channeled through a concrete tunnel that runs underneath the 1.5-km-long park. Felipe Suberví of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) said the public water agency invested RD$590 million to build the capital city public space.
Cristo Park is a space combined with environmental and recreational elements. It has children’s play areas, five pavilions for activities, an amphitheater for 300 people, a nursery, a cycle path and two basketball courts: one for professional games and another for games and practice of youths.
It has two volleyball courts, a soccer field, skateboarding tracks, an outdoor gym, a gazebo, a police station, bathrooms and more than 250 parking spaces are available.
In the area, a 72,000-gallon cistern was built, a system with a well with a capacity of 200 gallons per minute and automatic irrigation sprinklers.
The surrounding houses were painted and hundreds of trees were planted as part of the project.
Diario Libre congratulated the CAASD for providing a two-for-one solution – resolving environmental and health issues and providing public space for recreation to the nearby six heavily populated neighborhoods.
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9 November 2023