Domingo Contreras, who represents the commission working on the urban renewal of the Ozama River area, says that the projects include the start of a passenger commuter boat on the Ozama River, as reported in Diario Libre. Contreras said that some 60,000 passengers could be transported from the start. He said that the Aquabus mini ferries, which will connect to the Metro of Santo Domingo, would be attractive to all local residents.
La Barquita Urban Rescue Commission president Jose Miguel Gonzalez Cuadra said that the project would be ready no later than May 2016, at the end of the Medina government term. The project is located in La Javilla, Sabana Perdida, in Santo Domingo North municipality. He said that housing, a church, technical high school, daycare center, police station, civil defense station, an IT training center, and even a cock-fighting arena would be built for the relocated residents. Some 1,800 families that have been identified as living in vulnerable areas will be relocated.
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