Barahona. – The Airport Department (DA) inaugurated this Friday and put into operation the Barahona Heliport, in an act headed by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, and in which the start-up of the National Heliport Network project was announced to the country.
“This ambitious project consists of building or remodeling heliports in regional and specialized hospitals, as well as in road networks and the main centers of interest at the national level, to attend to emergency situations, rescue, and support tourism,” he said in his statement. speech Víctor Pichardo, director of the DA.
Pichardo pointed out that the National Heliport Network represents one of the main goals of the institution he directs, with a view to supporting the expansion of tourism, trade, and emergency operations carried out by the government throughout the country, especially in the southern region. .
He argued that, in the case of the Barahona Heliport, named Luis J. Féliz (Neny) in honor of one of the DA’s collaborators born in the area, who died along with five others in the October 2020 accident, It will provide an air interconnection point that will serve as a reference for the community itself, and for the development project carried out by the State in the Enriquillo region.
This heliport, whose cost was around 26 million pesos, is located on the city’s boardwalk, considered a strategic, attractive and touristic position. Also with an aircraft parking position, which will allow simultaneous operations.
The structure, built in a space of 5,400 square meters, has a 324m2 Helipad, equipped with an aeronautical lighting system, activated by radio frequency from helicopters, which will allow safe night operations.
It also has a terminal building with facilities, equipment such as a power plant, a wastewater treatment system, a parking lot with capacity for 10 vehicles, including a charging station for electric vehicles, an intelligent irrigation system, among others.
In his speech, Mayor Mictor Fernández highlighted Abinader’s interest in the actions carried out in that province, from the first day of his government mandate.
Also present at the event were Ministers Joel Santos, of the Presidency; José Ignacio Paliza, Administrative Clerk of the Presidency; Deligne Ascención, of Public Works, and as well as the director of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) and the provincial governor Dionne Maribel González.
He is also General Director of Public-Private Alliances, Sigmund Freud; the director of the Economic Kitchens, Edgar Féliz; the , Senator José del Castillo Saviñón and the director of the National Drinking Water Institute, Wellington Arnaud.
Similarly, Major General Carlos Febrillet, Commander General of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic; Vice Admiral Francisco Sosa, Commander General of the Navy, and Venancio Alcántara, Director General of Immigration, among others.
