In it José Núñez de Cáceres Environmental Park sunlight reveals a deceptive landscape: a green surface abundant, trees and a clean appearancefor a few seconds, but it is enough to observe closely to understand that the opposite is true.
Destroyed exercise and play areas, trash, the dirty and the lack of lighting They are the exact combination to describe the deterioration that this important work located in the Las Praderas sector of the National District is going through.
the park, opened in 2007 by the then president Leonel Fernandez and built by the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Caasd) with an investment that exceeded 348 million, it was conceived to serve as a recreation and ecological center at the intersection of Núñez de Cáceres and Gustavo Mejía Ricart avenues. Today, that same space shows clear signs of abandonment.
Traces of refuge
Those who live in the surrounding areas claim that the park has become a kind of informal shelter. They don’t always see people, but they do find clear signs: discarded clothescontainers, pieces of mattresses and the persistent urine odor that focuses on certain areas.
“One knows that there sleep people“commented a woman who was walking nearby.
The undergrowth
The undergrowth has gained territory. In several areas nature grew without direction, mixed with trash scattered and abandoned objects.
The darknessother problem
At night, the park’s problems become a threat for citizens.
Drivers of digital platforms, who usually wait for orders in the surroundings, they say that the darkness It’s total.
Wilson Paulwho works with one of these platforms, told Diario Libre that after 6:30 p.m. everything is dark and that he is afraid to stay in the place.
“Anyone gets into this park and one doesn’t even know. “One works, but with fear,” he highlighted.
He called on the authorities to intervene as soon as possible the park.
Likewise, Juan Martinezwho was doing exercises At the scene, he regretted that such an important work for the city is abandoned.
One of the most affected spaces is the amphitheater, which was previously used for activities. Today, it is damaged, surrounded by weeds and without the minimum conditions to accommodate anyone.
The community recalled that this park at its inauguration was shown as an emblematic project, and that therefore urgent intervention is needed.
They will intervene in December
The Mayor’s Office of the National District informed Free Diary that in the first half of December the remodeling of the aforementioned park will begin, a project that will have the support of a financial entity from the Dominican Republic.
