{"id":155733,"date":"2021-03-30T06:08:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T10:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=155733"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:35:59","slug":"dreaming-about-santo-domingos-malecon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/dreaming-about-santo-domingos-malecon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming about Santo Domingo\u2019s Malec\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Malecon-Guibia-Listin-Diario-e1617118520413.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155776\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism expert Juan Llad\u00f3 writes in Acento on the potential and possibilities for the Malec\u00f3n (the George Washington Avenue), the boulevard that runs for 14 kms alongside the south of the capital city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llad\u00f3 says architectural groups have presented several doable projects that would give the sea-bordering city its real worth as the most important attraction of Santo Domingo&#8217;s city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says step one is for the government to ensure that trucks use the Santo Domingo bypass that was opened in March 2020. The road crosses the city to the north and cost RD$19.9 billion. Truck traffic from the north or southwest can avoid entering the city as it heads to the southeast, yet it is not being used as expected. Llad\u00f3 remarks there are talks of reducing the tolls on the road to motivate its use. There is a city ordinance that orders trucks to stay out of the city, but these do not respect the order, and prefer crossing the city via the Malec\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llad\u00f3 also comments on several projects suggested by leading architects that could be carried out through the new public-private partnership act. Among these he mentions the bridge that would connect to the Avenida Espa\u00f1a on the east side of the Ozama River, a walkway from Montesinos to Lincoln Avenue. He also mentions creating pools on the southside for the safe recreation of citizens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malec\u00f3n has been a national park status since 1968.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/opinion\/un-malecon-de-escombros-8928356.html\">Acento&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism expert Juan Llad\u00f3 writes in Acento on the potential and possibilities for the Malec\u00f3n (the George Washington Avenue), the boulevard that runs for 14 kms alongside the south of the capital city.&nbsp; Llad\u00f3 says architectural groups have presented several doable projects that would give the sea-bordering city its real worth as the most important &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/dreaming-about-santo-domingos-malecon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155777,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155733\/revisions\/155777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}