National District (Santo Domingo) City Mayor Roberto Salcedo has appealed to the Presidency and the Ministry of Public Works to repave the road leading to the Duquesa dump. Several sections of the 1.8km road are in major disrepair and garbage truck drivers are protesting at having to use it. <\/p>\n
Salcedo, in an extraordinary meeting with Onofre Rojas, who is the coordinator for Greater Santo Domingo – the National District and Santo Domingo Province municipalities – Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo West and Santo Domingo North, appealed to President Leonel Fernandez and Public Works Minister about the urgent need to repair the road. Salcedo said the conditions of the road would lead to a collapse of the garbage collection services shared by the Greater Santo Domingo municipalities. <\/p>\n
Some 400 garbage trucks collect an average of 1,900 tons in the National District and 2,000 tons in the municipalities of the Province of Santo Domingo each day, as reported in El Dia. <\/p>\n
Max D’Silva, general manager of Lajun Corporation, the company that manages the Duquesa garbage dump, said that the municipalities of Greater Santo Domingo were responsible for repairing the road.<\/p>\n
Mayor Roberto Salcedo said that while his administration does not have legal jurisdiction over the dump, if the Dominican Municipal League would cease its deductions of RD$5 million a month for a year, the National District Council (ADN) would repair the road, with prior approval of the city council. He said his administration would seek to establish another garbage transfer center, like the one at Villas Agricolas, to get around transport interruptions. He said the situation was worse on days with light rainfall than on days with heavy rainfall. The trucks make four to five daily trips to the garbage dump on normal days. On rainy days, these trips are reduced to half. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
National District (Santo Domingo) City Mayor Roberto Salcedo has appealed to the Presidency and the Ministry of Public Works to repave the road leading to the Duquesa dump. Several sections of the 1.8km road are in major disrepair and garbage truck drivers are protesting at having to use it. Salcedo, in an extraordinary meeting with … <\/p>\n