President Luis Abinader and the Minister of Tourism, David Colladoled the presentation of the so-called Malecon Project, an initiative that aims to add value to the tourist proposal of Samaná.
The project, which it will cost RD$449,000,000seeks to improve the storm drainage conditions of the Santa Barbara Boardwalkthrough increasing the capacities of the conduits that connect the town’s river and the Panchita ravine with the ocean, states a press release.
The river of town and the ravine of Panchita they are the main bodies that transport the pluvial waters of the municipality.
As he President Abinader as Minister Collado highlighted the importance of the work, which will have a direct impact on the main municipality and will give a greater redo to the showy pier of San Felipe.
The president said that the entire renovation process of the pier of Santa Bárbara will give a great impulse to the sightseeingwhich will have a direct impact on the economy of the municipality and the entire province of Samana.
He detailed that To date, in the month of June, the Dominican Republic has received 534,668 visitorswhich represents a growth of nine percent more than the same month of 2019 and 51 percent of 2020.
investment in tourism
Minister Collado revealed that only in the tourism sector The Government has made investments of more than one billion pesos in the province of Samaná, in its effort to strengthen the development of the sector throughout the area.
“Today we are here attending to an old claim of this Municipality of San Felipe and leaving a clear message that we will spare no effort to ensure that this tourist destination reaches its highest level,” said Minister Collado.
Other important work is the construction of a double-section concrete box culvert, approximately 150 m long, which will connect the Panchita ravine, from Rosa Duarte street to the pier.
Six more units of pipes will also be replaced by concrete sewers, in order to increase discharge capacity.
In addition to the aforementioned works, the sanitation of more than 500 linear meters of the Pueblo river and the Panchita ravine stands out, which will consist of the removal of sludge, solid waste and sediment, reprofiling of the sections and embedding of some sections, to expand the sections of the channels and improve the water conduction.
