The Parador del Mar cost the Dominican government RD$573 million to equip the area with marginal access roads, according to a source quoted in the Listin Diario. The side roads were constructed by the firm of Constructora Go & Thesa out of San Francisco de Macoris, as headed by Hector Then and are rarely being used as the Parador del Mar is being ignored by those driving along the Las Americas Expressway. The lack of feasibility of the construction, had been pointed out repeatedly in the press when the millionaire construction was begun under the Supervisory Office of Public Works at the start of the Mejia administration. Authorities from the office of Bienes Nacionales (that manages government property) and the Supervisor’s Office of Public Works only have found a contract for the construction of the side roads along the Las Americas Highway. They do not have documentation regarding the cost of the gasoline station and other road stop facilities. Sources close to DR1 News revealed that the fill station was the result of a government proposal to rent the area and build the station. At the time that the contract was signed, however, the exchange rate was RD$17 to US$1. The Coordinating Office of Public Works Projects told the Listin Diario that it was looking into the details related to the Parador del Mar road stop.