The Mayor of East Santo Domingo Alfredo Martinez complained on 5 April 2017 that the Lajun Corporation has prohibited that municipality from using the landfill at Duquesa. He said this could generate health problems within eastern Santo Domingo.
The municipal authority explained that the administrator of Lajun wants to increase charges from RD$3.0 million to RD$12.0 million per month for the municipality to use the services of Duquesa.
Speaking on the radio program “La Super 7 en La Mañana” on 107.7FM, Martinez said that Lajun had sent them documents calling for their signature in recognition of past arrears, but the mayor said that since he felt they did not owe Lajun any money, they refused to sign the documents. And then on Tuesday, 4 April 2017, Lajun refused any and all trucks from East to Santo Domingo from entering the facility.
Martinez said that the decision by the company that manages the Duquesa landfill site violates the agreement signed between the Ministry of Environment, the Dominican Municipal League and the Dominican Municipal Federation in which Lajun committed to work with all of the mayors to find a solution to the increase in the tariffs and fees charged by the company.
Read more in Spanish:
http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/2017/04/05/i227081_lajun-prohibe-entrada-duquesa-camiones-basura-santo-domingo-este.html
6 April 2017
