Santo Domingo mayor-to-be Johnny Ventura said Miami city government officials are helping develop a system of critical point drainages. The improvement of the drainage of Santo Domingo is one of the priorities of the Ventura who will be sworn in on 16 August 1998. The city floods in several points when it rains heavily. The definite solution of the problem has been estimated to cost over US$1,500 million pesos. The mayor-to-be also told Hoy newspaper that he will foster a revision or rescission of the Dixi Sanitary Service contract signed by the central government. Press reports say that the contract has almost no provisions so that the government can verify and enforce that the company gets the job done. Ventura, nevertheless said that as a mayor he will seek solutions, not persons to blame for the problems. He said that all is ready to divide the city in six departments to make services more efficient. He met with President Fernández earlier this week.
