President Abinader delivered the first two refurbished houses during his visit to southeastern San Pedro de Macorís on Saturday. The Abinader government has announced the “DR Rebuilds” program for refurbishing up to 30,000 houses with a budget of RD$1.9 billion. The program calls for repairing 2,000 homes in the eastern region. Danis Santos, speaking for the National Housing Institute (INVI) in charge of the program, said the average cost to be invested is RD$63,000. He said churches and neighborhood boards are in charge of making up the lists of the future beneficiaries.
When in San Pedro de Macorís, President Abinader attended the start of construction of manufacturing plants in the San Pedro de Macorís industrial export zone.
In San Pedro de Macoris, President Abinader was also at the San Pedro de Macoris Port, that dates back to 1946. He was accompanied by the new director of the Dominican Port Authority, Jean Luis Rodriguez. Abinader is in favor of turning the port to the multi-use modality.
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Diario Libre
27 September 2020