President Luis Abinader was in Santiago over the weekend and said the city skylift would be in operation by 2023. He also reviewed billionaire investments that are part of Santiago’s updated Strategic Development Plan, handled by the Santiago Strategic Development Council. There are also projects that will improve the use of the port facilities that are to be built in Manzanillo, to the north in Montecristi province. The infrastructure projects include the Navarrete Beltway. Other highways and roads are also in the works in and around Santiago. The Public Health sector is getting a renewed emphasis placed on primary care centers and preventive medicine.
Moreso, the action plan calls for efforts to support provincial and metropolitan organization/zoning project; the protection of the central and northern mountain ranges and the reduction of cattle ranching in the mountains. All these projects will contribute to the improvement of the local watersheds. Water treatment facilities are programmed to clean up 90% of wastewater.
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29 November 2021