The announcement by Puerto Plata Mayor Walter Musa of a new site for the construction of the municipal garbage disposal landfill at Maggiolo Cofresi area is to be disputed in the courts. Legal representatives of the neighborhood housing board in the area of the new dump have deposited an appeal to halt the Puerto Plata municipal authorities from initiating works for the waste disposal in the area. Also represented by legal representation in this case, is the Puerto Plata Chamber of Commerce and members of the Cofresi business community. The site announced by Musa is nearby to the old site and is also located in an urban area.
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El Caribe
13 May 2019