The ministers of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza and of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, together with the president of the Board of Directors of the Dominican Port Authority, Alejandro Campos, led a visit in ManzanilloMontecristi, to follow up on the progress that are carried out in the Port of Manzanillo and in the thermal power plant Manzanillo Power Land, two projects strategic measures with which the Government seeks to promote the development of the Northwest region.
During the tour of the Port of Manzanilloofficials were able to verify the progress in your improvement and carried out an evaluation of the work together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications, the Dominican Port Authority, the Dominican Maritime Authority and the Inter-American Development Bank, in order to guarantee compliance with the deadlines in the design, construction and maintenance of the dock current.
The works of maintenance that are carried out in the dock to guarantee its operation amount to more than 2.6 million of dollars.
“This project represents a before and after for the Northwest area of the country, since it will have an impact, not only for the communities and provinces in the area, but for the entire country, since it will promote the development and will energize the economy significantly through commercial exchange,” said Minister Paliza.
They also supervised the project Manzanillo Power Land and the Pepillo Salcedo Transmission Line, whose work, according to Minister Santos, translates into a joint effort to optimize the electrical infrastructure in this demarcation, which will guarantee the energy stability and the promotion of new investments in the area.
Santos explained that Power Land is part of the projects that are carried out in matters of energy so that between 2027 and 2028 the country has a installed capacity to produce more than 1,200 new megawatts and add them to the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI).
“‘Here we have three projects important, that of Energía 2,000, with more than 400 megawatts, which will be injected into the system starting in the middle of next year, there are also two others projects known as Block One and Block Two, which are 426 megawatts each, which are starting their work right now, but the equipment is already in productionand the idea is that between 2027 and 2028 they can also add those 852 megawatts to the system for a total of more than 1,200 megawatts,'” Santos said.
He highlighted that in the area the lines of transmission that will connect the substations of the communities ManzanilloGuayubin and El Naranjo, in which an investment of more than 120 million dollars is being made.
While the president of the Board of Directors of the Dominican Port Authority, Alejandro Campos, said that with the construction of the new dock Three more positions will be added, to increase their ability.
They seek to increase the number of cruise terminals
He indicated that this process is part of the work being done in the 18 ports of the country that seek to increase the ports from three to eight. terminals of cruiseswith which it is projected to take the number of cruise passengers from one million in 2020 to three million at the end of 2024 and five million at the end of the current Government administration.
After the visit to the port, Paliza and Santos held a dialogue with local and provincial leaders in which they presented all the benefits What do these represent? projects for your communities. The senator, Bernardo Alemán, participated in this meeting; deputies Rosendy Polanco and Johanny Martínez; the governor, Nelsy Cruz; the mayor, Guaro Metz, and other authorities.
Likewise, the delegation visited the facilities of the Super 8 Hotel Manzanilloa project which has led to the growth of tourism sector of Montecristi and that has generated an important source of jobs.
During the day of supervisionthe ministers They were accompanied by: Roger Pujols, Vice Minister of Special Projects of the Minpre; Fausto Pérez, Vice Minister of Energy Security and Infrastructure; Rafael Gómez, Vice Minister of Energy; the administrator of the Dominican Electric Transmission Company; Vice Admiral Agustín Morillo Rodríguez, General Commander of the Navy of the Dominican Republic, Joel Ramírez, advisor and other strategic actors.
