Puerto Plata is the main beneficiary of the newly created tourism area infrastructure fund managed by the Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry of Tourism is investing RD$1 billion of the airport surcharge funds generated as of this year through April 2007 in Puerto Plata. Fund manager Jose Gabriel Aponte said that RD$9 billion is being used to eliminate the Maggiolo garbage dump, which will be replaced with another in Caraballo, Montellano, with a price tag of US$7 million, as reported in El Caribe. The funds are also being used to build the Avenida Isabel de Torres that leads to the cable car, at a cost of RD$118 million. In addition, millions will be spent on building sidewalks and paving roads in residential areas. The program also includes rainwater and sewage piping installations leading to the treatment plant in the area of the Malecon of Puerto Plata.
Several hundred million have been programmed to be spent on improving sanitation systems in Juan Dolio, another area of intensive construction of new dwellings.